GOODMAN VOWS TO CONSIDER REGULATORS' VIEWS ON INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS

DOD's environment chief has told Western state and federal regulators that she is considering their suggestion to put installation commanders on notice of their responsibility to implement and enforce institutional controls used in cleanups. The regulators have sought such a directive from DOD, citing the critical need to have installations monitor and enforce institutional controls at a time when the military is increasingly using them in cleanup remedies. Commanding officers should be reminded that if they do not maintain or...