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 1-15. Protection Levels. The staff develops an OPORD, an OPLAN, or a contingency plan
(CONPLAN) and may publish a full environmental annex/appendix (only once). To facilitate changes in
environmental requirements, the command may produce an environmental-protection level matrix
similar to the example in Table 1-2. This matrix ties directly into risk assessment and is applied in the
MDMP during mission analysis step 7.
Table 1-2. Notional, Environmental-Protection Matrix Example
Environmental-Protection Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Human
Consult
Place in a slit
Place in a burnout
Place in a sanitary
waste
unit SOP
trench
latrine
sewer
Consult
Incinerate or
Solid waste
Incinerate
Place in a landfill
unit SOP
bury
Collect,
Use US-or-HN
Use US-or-HN
Medical
Consult
consolidate, or
approved disposal
approved disposal
dispose of in
waste
unit SOP
methods
methods
the field
Collect,
At a unit collection
Consult
consolidate, or
point. Classify,
Use RCRA or HN
HW
unit SOP
dispose of in
label and dispose
procedures.
the field
of HW
Report spills
Track and report
Refer to the spill
Consult
that may
HM
spills over 50
prevention and
unit SOP
contaminate
gallons
response teams
water
Ensure no
Consult
Consult unit
degradation of water
Water
Control erosion
unit SOP
SOP
due to erosion or
effluent.
Perform an
Obtain joint task
environmental
Restrict
force (JTF) to
Consult
camouflage
assessment before
Vegetation
unit SOP
clear in excess of
use
conducting
100 acres
operations.
Suppress dust
Consult
Control open fires
Control incineration
Air
(hazardous
unit SOP
and fugitive dust
and traffic
only)
Consult
Consult unit
Note and avoid
Wildlife
Do not take species
unit SOP
SOP
specific habitats
Obtain division-
Cultural and
Minimize
Obtain JTF approval
Consult
level approval for
Historical
damage, if
for operations in the
unit SOP
operations in the
Resources
possible
area
area
1-16. Notional Array of Protection Levels. Standard levels of environmental-protection facilitate
planning, communications, and flexibility. The notional array of protection levels in Figure 1-2 ranges
from Level 1 to Level 4. Level 1 is less restrictive and more appropriate for tactical units in combat.
Level 4 is very restrictive and more appropriate for tactical units in garrison, on fixed installations,
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