The Army, like other Federal agencies and the private sector, must comply with all relevant and applicable environmental laws and regulations, to include future new requirements. To attempt to ensure that new environmental requirements are reasonable, based on sound science, and don't inadvertently impact military missions through unintended consequences, the Army established the Environmental Legislative and Regulatory Analysis and Monitoring Program (EL/RAMP). EL/RAMP includes EL/RAMP-F, which monitors the Federal environmental regulations and legislation, and EL/RAMP-S, which monitors the state environmental regulations and legislation. In striving for these objectives, EL/RAMP actively educates the developers of environmental requirements and, for new requirements, positions the Army to develop effective compliance strategies in a timely manner. These programs support the Army Strategy for the Environment - Sustain the Mission, Secure the Future (2004).
EL/RAMP activities include, but are not limited to, monitoring, prioritizing, analyzing and commenting on emerging, proposed and final environmental requirements that can affect Army operations. These requirements include:
EL/RAMP is designed to inform Army leadership of new environmental requirements at their conception. These requirements include those from the President, Congress, Federal regulatory agencies, states, territories, and local governments. As new environmental requirements are developed, EL/RAMP produces requirement summaries, information papers, and impact analyses. This support fosters a single Army voice in the government's lawmaking and regulation-writing processes.
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Army Environmental Policy Institute EL/RAMP Homepage |
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Office of Chief of Legislative Liaison (OCLL) |
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The Judge Advocate General (TJAG) |
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Links to other HQDA Organizations on the Web |
Legislative and Regulatory Resources | |
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Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions |
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Public Laws |
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The Federal Register |
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Code of Federal Regulations |
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Presidential Executive Orders (EO) |
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Law Library on TJAG's Web site (User I.D. and password required) |
Federal Environmental Legislative and Regulatory Organizations |
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White House |
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U.S. Congress - Congressional Legislative Information provided by The Library of Congress |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) |
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA Fisheries) |
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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) |