COMDTINST 16478.5
14 OCT 1992 c.
c.
The Coast Guard ECE program is more than just an audit program. Traditional
environmental audits are field inspections of facilities and operations to determine areas of
noncompliance. The ECE program, in addition to determining areas of noncompliance,
will provide unit Commanders and Commanding Officers with:
(1) specific recommendations for corrective action.
(2) assistance in developing, estimating, and programming projects for Environmental
Compliance and Restoration (EC&R) funding.
(3) advice on environmental training, staffing, and program management. The benefits of
an effective ECE program are: implementation of the Commandant's Environmental
Policy Statement. early identification and correction of noncompliance so as to protect
human health and the environment, and avoid Notices of Violation (NOVs) and
enforcement actions, including fines and penalties.
4.
RESPONSIBILITIES.
a.
MLCs shall manage the ECE program for all units under their cognizance, to include:
(1) determining and programming required resources through the EC&R program.
(2) based on the criteria in paragraph 5., approving annual ECE schedules developed by
Civil Engineering Units (CEUs).
(3) providing a quality control function to ensure consistency and quality of ECEs.
(4) developing management summaries for District and Group Commanders and
COMDT (G-ECV-1).
(5) providing recommendations to COMDT (G-ECV-1) on procedures and evaluation
protocols.
(6) determining and exempting from the program units which pose minimal
environmental risk, such as those purely administrative in nature.
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