W. Va. Code R. § 141-57-2-2

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 141-57-2-2 - POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES

a. The West Virginia Army National Guard will carry out the policy set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Executive Order 11752, "Prevention, Control, and Abatement of Environmental Pollution at Federal Facilities", dated 17 December 1973, and will use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of DA policy, to improve and coordinate West Virginia ARNG plans, functions, programs and resources.

b. Commanders will cooperate to the extent practicable in beneficial community environmental action programs.

c. Historic and cultural facilities will be preserved for the benefit of future generations.

d. The environment must be considered as a single, integrated system which is characterized by the continuous interaction of air, land and water.

e. For planning purposes, the environmental system should be regarded as closed; nothing can be thrown away. Wastes must be either recycled and reclaimed or confined and contained so they will not migrate to re-emerge in pollutant form.

f. Pollutants are potential resources that are out of place.

g. Environmental processes that use the forces in nature are more economical than those which seek to duplicate nature artificially.

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