BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE
32-70
30 JULY 2018
Civil Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
IN AIR FORCE PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
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RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/IEE
Supersedes: AFPD 32-70, 20 July 1994
Certified by: SAF/IE
(Mr. Richard K. Hartley)
Pages: 22
This Air Force Policy Directive establishes the need for a systematic approach to and framework
for environmental management within the Air Force. It implements Department of Defense
(DoD) Instruction 4710.02, DoD Interactions with Federally Recognized Tribes; DoD Instruction
4710.03, Consultation with Native Hawaiian Organizations; DoD Directive 4715.1E,
Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health; DoD Directive 4715.21, Climate Change
Adaptation and Resilience; DoD Instruction 4715.02, Regional Environmental Coordination;
DoD Instruction 4715.03, Natural Resources Conservation Program; DoD Instruction 4715.05,
Environmental Compliance at Installations Outside the United States; DoD Instruction 4715.06,
Environmental Compliance in the United States; DoD Instruction 4715.07, Defense
Environmental Restoration Program; DoD Instruction 4715.08, Remediation of Environmental
Contamination Outside the United States; DoD Instruction 4715.14, Operational Range
Assessments; DoD Instruction 4715.16, Cultural Resources Management; DoD Instruction
4715.17, Environmental Management Systems; DoD Instruction 4715.18, Emerging
Contaminants; DoD Instruction 4715.23, Integrated Recycling and Solid Waste Management;
DoD Instruction 5525.17, Conservation Law Enforcement Program; and DoD Manual 4715.20,
Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) Management. This policy directive applies
to all Air Force installations and other enduring locations worldwide and to the Air National
Guard (ANG), government-owned, contractor-operated facilities, direct reporting units, Air
Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Units and primary subordinate units not located on Air Force
installations, and to DoD Components that are a tenant on any Air Force facility. This policy
directive does not apply to contingency operations. For the purposes of this policy directive, the
