Environmental Management Division - Pollution Prevention

 

Pollution Prevention (P2) is a comprehensive initiative to reduce and prevent pollution at the source. It focuses on conservation of resources, replacement of hazardous materials with less hazardous materials, waste reduction, recycling, and other preventive means to successfully and cont effectively avoid, prevent or reduce the generation of pollutants.
 

P2 plays an essential role in implementing our EMS and sustainability programs. In EMS, P2 efforts are critical in addressing our significant aspects and their impacts. In sustainability, P2 provides essential tools to help meet our long-term goals. The main focus of P2 efforts at Fort Hamilton include storm water management, green procurement, and recycling.

 

Pollution Prevention Areas of Operation 

 

 

 

 Storm Water

 Green Procurement

 Recycling

 

 Pesticides

Environmental Management Division - Pesticides

Fort Hamilton has an active Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan that defines and accomplishes pest control. Objectives of the IPM Program are to establish and maintain safe, effective, and environmentally sound prevention or control of installation pests and disease vectors that may adversely impact readiness or the welfare of personnel; ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements; and incorporate sustainable IPM strategies and techniques to reduce pesticide risk and prevent pollution.

 EMS

Environmental Management System

Green Procurement Environmental Management Environmental Management Cycle

What is EMS?
EMS is part of an organization's overall management system that integrates environmental concerns and issues in the day-to-day management processes, allowing users and managers to identify, manage, and mitigate the environmental impacts associated with mission-related activities. EMS implements the Garrison Commander's Environmental Policy. Click here to learn more about EMS.

 

Key Components
Click the key to see the "Key Components" to an EMS.
 Natural

Environmental Management Division - Natural and Cultural Resources

 

Cultural Resources: Two potential historic period archaeological sites have been identified within Fort Hamilton:

  1. A cistern or well found during construction
  2. A possible filled in cellar hole

The area surrounding the legal office and in the lawn west of the legal office also was considered an historic period archaeological site (New York State Historic Preservation Office (NYSHPO) Site A047-01-0423). Recent archaeological investigations and architectural evaluations have determined that this location is not a significant historic period archaeological site (Schieppati et al. 1998b).

The presence of prehistoric sites within the fort has not been verified. The contact-period Native American village of Nyack is reported to have been within the fort in addition to other undocumented prehistoric or contact period sites. These include:

  1. A cache of stone or flint blades
  2. A shell bed
  3. "Traces of occupation"

These sites have not been encountered by previous archaeological inventories, possibly due to the amount and depth of fill at the fort. Three of the installation's structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Natural Resources: Canadian geese are found at US Army Garrison Fort Hamilton. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, the Canadian geese are a valuable natural resource.

All Canadian geese are protected by Federal and State laws and regulations.

Welcome to the Directorate of Public Works. We provide and maintain Fort Hamilton's infrastructure and facilities to protect the health and welfare of soldiers, their families, tenants, and civilians. We advise and assist the garrison commander and staff on all matters involving all facilities on the installation, including current and future real property usage, maintenance, repair and replacement of facilities, environmental requirements and efficiencies, snow removal, and coordination of housing requirements. The DPW is divided into five divisions: Engineering and Planning, Environmental, Operations and Maintenance, Housing and Business Operations.

Our vision is to provide and maintain the infrastructures and facilities of Fort Hamilton, to protect the health and welfare of soldiers, their families, tenants, and civilians. To provide quality services, within available resources, to our customers in a timely and efficient manner and to support and enhance a high quality of life for all residents of Fort Hamilton.

We hold as our highest value the premise that serving is a privilege, demanding commitment to providing our most professional, courteous, efficient, and cost-effective service to all. 

Our primary goal is to exceed all expectations associated with engineering, housing, and environmental concerns; establishing new parameters of excellence in these fields. 

Directorate of Public Works
129 Grimes Road North
USAG Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn, NY 11252

Telephone:

 718-630-4767

E-mail:

 Directorate of Public Works E-mail

What we do:
Oversee the day-to day operation and maintenance of Fort Hamilton facilities, systems, grounds, and work control.

Planning and Estimating: The Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Division has, within its staff, a team of Construction Control Representatives (CCR) that oversee work performed by the Base Maintenance Contractor (BMC) contracts awarded through Fort Dix, N.J., and contracts for tenant organizations. The CCR's develop scopes of work, independent government cost estimates (IGCE), prepare funding requests, review proposals and manage projects from 'cradle to grave.' They provide technical oversight of all O&M business and provide support to the all other divisions of the Directorate fo Public Works (DPW).

Contracting Officer Representative (COR): Within the O&M Division is the COR. The role of this position is to administer the BMC, two custodial contracts and one refuse contract. The COR acts as the "eyes and ears" of the Contracting Officer (KO) located in Fort Dix, N.J. The COR keeps all contracts current and executable, reviews invoices for payment and issues modifications to contracts as required. The COR advises the Directorate of Resource Management (DRM) on all fiduciary aspects of the contracts and ensures DRM provides adequate funding to pay vouchers.

Base Maintenance Contractor (BMC): The BMC provides work reception/scheduling, work and subcontractor management, technical support, material and equipment supply, internal quality control and environmental management for the operations, maintenance and repair of buildings, structures, grounds and utilities at Fort Hamilton. The contractor's work and responsibility includes planning, programming, administration and management necessary to provide services as contractually required. All work is performed in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes and directives.

Quality Assurance (QA): The QA section is responsible for complete field surveillance and technical evaluation, coordination and recommendation of all base operations support contract requirements and associated DPW command interest items. Provides technical guidance, coordination and assistance to contractor, DPW personnel and government contracting staff. Provides coordination between tenants, MACOM, DOD and private sector. Provides clarification and identifications to services required. In addition, QA will schedule and monitor or adjust sampling plans, inspect and document findings, conduct performance briefings, investigate, validate and resolve customer complaints, initiate CDR's, accept or reject as applicable, recommend changes, modifications to PWS, maintain comprehensive audit trail of contract on-goings, provide monthly performance summaries, provide technical interpretation of the PRS and TEs and conduct performance trend analysis (action as needed for continuous quality improvement.

 

Housing

Permanent Housing

Fort Hamilton offers military support for the New York metropolitan area including the Army National Guard and the United States Army Reserve. Fort Hamilton is located near Brooklyn, New York and has its headquarters in the Military District of Washington. Fort Hamilton is also home to the 1179th Transportation Brigade and the 722nd Aero-medical Staging Squadron. Almost 100 percent of soldiers stationed at Fort Hamilton live on base. Off-post housing is expensive and difficult to find. The New York area rentals are cost-prohibitive and scarce.

 

Fort Hamilton public schools are part of the Magnet System which allows parents to pick the school they wish their child to attend based on the child’s interests. The New York City Department of Education offers private, public, and parochial schools and all enrollments are handled through the Fort Hamilton School Liaison Office. Fort Hamilton is located in Public School District 20 in Brooklyn, New York. Child, Youth and School Services is located at 404 Sterling Drive and can be contacted Monday through Friday at 718-630-4805. The Fort Hamilton Child Development Center offers programs for before-and after-school care as well as home school programs and all day care during school breaks. School Age Services can be reached for more information at 718-630-4518. 

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The Engineering and Planning Division, through its five branches, deals with mission critical projects to sustain the installation.

  • Master Planning Branch: Looks at the future use of the installation.
  • Engineering Branch: Implements, develops, and manages projects that come from Master Planning.
  • Real Property Branch: Accounts for all the infrastructure in the installation.
  • Energy Management Branch: Manages the installation's energy.
Business Operations and Integration Division (BOID) provides management of directorate resources, information technology, human resources, and organizational strategic planning.  Provides financial planning, analysis, programming support, and industrial engineering services.  Provides oversight to the customer service program, including improvement of business practices and evaluation of customer feedback.

The Business Operations and Integration Division’s job is to improve the financial management and to manage the business operations of the Directorate of Public Works to make it more efficient, more effective; establish requirements and measurable standards for the DPW.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A geospatial solutions provider that understands and exceeds our customer's expectations. Using our experience in coordination, integration, communications, natural/cultural resource management, future planning and application development, we help our customers become more productive and make better decisions using geospatial information.