BRIEFING NAME Briefers NameSection Date

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Fort Lewis Air Quality Sustainability
Program Sherri C. Whiteman/ Air Program
Manager Fort Lewis, WA 11 August 2004
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What is Sustainability?

• Present requirements are met without compromising
  ability of future generations to meet their own
  needs

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Fort Lewis Environmental Sustainability Air
Quality Goals

• 1. Reduce traffic congestion and Air emissions
  by 85 by 2025.
• 2. Reduce Air Pollutants from training without a
  reduction in training activity
• 3. Reduce stationary source Air emissions by 85
  by 2025.

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Air Quality Goal 1
Reduce traffic congestion and Air emissions by
85 by 2025.
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Air Quality Goal 1
Reduce traffic congestion and Air emissions by
85 by 2025.
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Air Quality Goal 1
Reduce traffic congestion and Air emissions by
85 by 2025.

• Challenges
• CNG station
• Installation
• Usage
• Alternative Fuel Station
• Site location
• AAFES participation
• Funding
• Chicken and egg
• Rideshare program
• Shuttle bus system
• Tactical Vehicles

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Air Quality Goal 2
Reduce Air Pollutants from training without a
reduction in training activity

• 5 Year Objective
• Implement the use of environmentally friendly
  obscurants and dust control where feasible.
• Projects
• Monitor results of the Army wide PM 2.5 study
• Keep informed of any new Army obscurant
  technology
• Keep informed of any new Army obscurant
  technology
• Pursue the use of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)
  dust suppression

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Air Quality Goal 2
Reduce Air Pollutants from training without a
reduction in training activity
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Air Quality Goal 2
Reduce Air Pollutants from training without a
reduction in training activity

• Challenges
• Army Policy
• Identifying sources
• Identifying Training practices
• Getting something moving

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Air Quality Goal 3
Reduce stationary source Air emissions by 85 by
2025.
5 Year Objectives Use the environmental vs
financial lifecycle evaluation in decision making
process Use of water based/Low VOC CARC
Paint Use of Biodiesel for backup generators
and boilers.
Progress to date On-going modification process
Low Voc CARC Paint has just been approved for all
weapon systems. Water based CARC paint to be used
for Aerospace Equipment Manufacturers Warranty
issues
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Air Quality Goal 3
Reduce stationary source Air emissions by 85 by
2025.
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Air Quality Goal 3
Reduce stationary source Air emissions by 85 by
2025.

• Challenges
• Getting people to internalize the lifecycle cost
  concept, making a Culture change
• Getting paint approved
• Biodiesel in Generators/boilers

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Lessons Learned

• Need to keep momentum going
• Difficult to implement behavior change, daily
  practices, mindset,
• Constant Reinforcement of cultural change
• Objective changes to reach goal
• Accept some things unable to change
• Baby steps

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Contact Information

• Air Quality Team Leads
• Maintenance and Repair Division Chief
• Darrell Robinson
• 253-967-5359
• darrell.robinson_at_us.army.mil
• Air Program Manager
• Sherri Whiteman
• 253-966-1781
• sherri.whiteman_at_us.army.mil

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Questions?
Sherri Whiteman 253-966-1781 Sherri.whiteman_at_us
.army .mil