DOD MANUAL 4715.05, VOLUME 1
OVERSEAS ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE GUIDANCE
DOCUMENT: CONSERVATION
Originating Component:
Effective:
Releasability:
Reissues and Cancels:
Approved by:
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
June 29, 2020
Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
DoD 4715.05-G, “Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance
Document,” May 1, 2007
W. Jordan Gillis, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
Purpose: This manual, known as the OEBGD, is composed of multiple volumes, each addressing
specific areas of environmental management such as conservation; air and toxics; water; hazardous
materials, storage tanks, spills, and pesticides; and waste. In accordance with the authority in DoD
Directives (DoDDs) 5134.01 and 4715.1E and the July 13, 2018 Deputy Secretary of Defense
memorandum, and the requirements in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4715.05:
This manual:
o Implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides standards to protect human health and
the environment on enduring installations under DoD control outside the United States.
o Considers and, where relevant, incorporates generally accepted federal environmental standards
applicable to DoD installations, facilities, and actions in the United States, and incorporates
requirements of U.S. law that have extraterritorial application to the DoD.
o Is used by DoD lead environmental components (LECs) to establish and update final governing
standards (FGSs).
o Establishes baseline environmental standards for installations in countries for which an FGS is
not required or has not been developed.
This volume identifies environmental standards for installations to ensure:
o The protection and management of historic and cultural resources.
o The conservation of natural resources and species at risk.
