Sustainability Policy

Sustainability Management System Statement
The mission of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF) is to train and rapidly deploy heavy armored forces as well as elite light fighters by air, land, and sea to conduct mobile, combined arms offensive and defensive operations worldwide.  To ensure the continuing ability to perform this critical mission, the Soldiers, Civilians and contracted personnel working on Fort Stewart/HAAF must

• Prevent pollution,
• Conserve natural resources,
• Comply with all Federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and
• Strive to continually improve environmental stewardship.

Fort Stewart/HAAF is committed to simultaneously optimizing performance of the mission and the well-being of Soldiers, Family Members, and the surrounding communities while reducing the impact on the environment.  To achieve this goal, Fort Stewart/HAAF will establish, implement, and maintain an effective, integrated Sustainability Management System.

Army Planning Documents for Sustainability
As the complex Army transformation process proceeds, NEPA planning is increaingly integrated into Army policies.  Integration of NEPA analysis into the planning process will reduce the environmental impacts associated with the programs and projects.

The Army's Installation Sustainability Program contains a planning process to address encroachment issues and the effects on the surrounding community.  People from the Installation and from the surrounding community collaborate to identify resources affected by both groups.  Once the issues have been identified, a management plan is developed to address these issues and provide solutions that will meet the needs of all groups.

The Army's Sustainable Range Program incorporates a similar planning process.  Site selection and range design for training facilities begins with a design charrette to encourage collaboration.  A design charrette consists of an intense period of design activity and refers to a collaborative session in which a group drafts a solution to a design problem.  This effort ensures a design that will satisfy training requirements and environmental issues.