R 261612Z AUG 15
MARADMIN 422/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCRP 4-11B ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/17JUL12//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 5600.31A MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/J.P. SCOFIELD/LTCOL/CD&I, CDD, MID/-/TEL: DSN 278-6217/COML 703- 784-6217/EMAIL: JEFFREY.SCOFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED ARMY TECHNIQUES PUBLICATION (ATP) 3-34.5/MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 4-11B ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; DATED 10 AUG 2015. MCRP 4-11B, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2. BACKGROUND.
   (A) ATP 3-34.5/MCRP 4-11B ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, IS A DUAL-SERVICE PUBLICATION THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS. IT DEFINES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THEIR INTEGRATION INTO OPERATIONS. THIS MANUAL ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS) TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND TRAINING. THIS PUBLICATION WAS LAST PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2010 AND WAS REVISED BASED UPON CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS AND ARMY.
   (B) THIS DUAL-SERVICE PUBLICATION WILL AID COMMANDERS AND STAFF OFFICERS WHO CONDUCT OPERATIONS ACROSS THE RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS. TRAINERS AND EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS WILL ALSO USE THIS PUBLICATION. COMMANDERS, STAFFS, AND SUBORDINATES ENSURE THAT DECISIONS AND ACTIONS COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONAL, AND IN SOME CASES, HOST NATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IT IS CONSISTENT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH JOINT AND MULTINATIONAL DOCTRINE WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF ESTABLISHED HIGHER LEVEL DOCTRINE.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES, HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING NEEDS JUSTIFICATION FOR PRINTED COPIES. UNITS REQUIRING PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), PARAGRAPH 4A(2). FOR MARINE CORPS PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000061 00.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT S. WALSH, DEPUTY COMMANDANT, COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//