The Environmental Assessment and Management (TEAM) Guide

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U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)

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ABSTRACT:

Environmental assessments help determine compliance with current environmental regulations. The

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)

have adopted environmental compliance programs that identify compliance problems before they

are cited as violations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Since 1984, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, in cooperation with

numerous Department of Defense (DOD) components, has developed environmental compliance

assessment checklist manuals. The Environmental Assessment and Management (TEAM) Guide

was developed for use by all DOD components. Currently there are five participating DOD

components: the Air Force, Air National Guard, Army, Civil Works, and DLA. These agencies have

agreed to share the development and maintenance of this Guide.

The Guide combines Code of Federal Regulations and management practices into a series of

checklists that show legal requirements and the specific operations or items to review. TEAM Guide

is supplemented by DOD component-specific manuals detailing DOD component regulations and

policies. The Maryland Supplement was developed to be used in conjunction with the TEAM Guide,

using existing Maryland state environmental legislation and regulations as well as suggested

management practices.