# Presentation: 034330

## Fort Lewis Air Quality Sustainability Program

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

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

**What is “Sustainability”?**

## 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.

**2.  Reduce ****Air Pollutants**** from training without a reduction in training activity**
**3.  Reduce stationary source**** ****Air emissions by 85%**** ****by 2025.**

**Fort Lewis Environmental Sustainability Air Quality Goals**

**Notes:**
These sustainment goals are now integrated into the culture.  
In the business processes,
the EMS Objectives and Targets
and management programs.

## Air Quality Goal #1

** ****Reduce traffic congestion and ****Air emissions by 85%**** by 2025.**

## Air Quality Goal #1

** ****Reduce traffic congestion and ****Air emissions by 85%**** by 2025.**

## 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**

## Air Quality Goal #2

_**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 **

**Air Quality Goal #2**

**Reduce ****Air Pollutants**** from training without a reduction in training activity**

## Air Quality Goal #2

**Reduce ****Air Pollutants**** from training without a reduction in training activity**

## 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**

## Air Quality Goal #3

_**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.**

**Reduce stationary source ****Air emissions by 85%**** by 2025.**

_**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 **

## Air Quality Goal #3

**Reduce stationary source ****Air emissions by 85%**** by 2025.**

## 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**

## 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  **

## Contact Information

**Air Quality Team Leads**
**Maintenance and Repair Division Chief**
**Darrell Robinson**
**253-967-5359**
**darrell.robinson@us.army.mil**
**Air Program Manager**
**Sherri Whiteman**
**253-966-1781**
**sherri.whiteman@us.army.mil**

## Questions?

**Questions?**

**Sherri Whiteman 253-966-1781**
**Sherri.whiteman@us .army .mil**