REVIEW OF THE U.S. NAVY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER'S HEALTH-HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Documentation and Development of Standard Operating Procedures -- Staffing -- Data Acquisition and Management -- Quality Assurance and Quality Control -- Communication Within the Navy and With Other Organizations -- Medical Surveillance and Centralization of Medical Data -- OVERALL SUMMARY -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- SUBCOMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO THE CHARGE -- STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT -- 2 The Navy's Current Health-Hazard Assessment Process -- NAVY POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES RELATED TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES -- THE NAVY'S CURRENT HEALTH-HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- Examples of Health-Hazard Assessments Conducted by NEHC -- NEHC'S PROCESS FOR PREPARING HHA REPORTS -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR RISK ASSESSMENTS: POPULATIONS AT RISK -- EXPOSURE INFORMATION FOR HEALTH-HAZARD ASSESSMENTS -- HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT HEALTH-HAZARD ASSESSMENTS -- INFORMATION SYSTEMS USED FOR HAZARD ASSESSMENTS -- PEER REVIEW OF REPORTS -- 3 Other Related Health-Hazard Assessment Processes -- CONSUMER PRODUCT AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES -- U.S. ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE -- The Committee on Toxicology -- RECOMMENDATION -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- DOCUMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES -- STAFFING -- Industrial Hygiene Personnel -- Operations with Reduced Personnel -- Training -- DATA ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT -- INFORMATION SOURCES FOR CONDUCTING HEALTH-HAZARD ASSESSMENTS -- QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL -- COMMUNICATION WITHIN OTHER NAVY PROGRAMS AND WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS -- MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE AND CENTRALIZATION OF MEDICAL DATA -- LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.

OVERALL SUMMARY -- References -- Appendix A History of NEHC and Its Relationships With Other Navy Organizations -- Appendix B Department of Defense and Navy Directives and Regulations Relating To the Use of Hazardous… -- DOD DIRECTIVE 4210.15 OF 27 JUL 1989: HAZMAT POLLUTION PREVENTION -- DOD DIRECTIVE 5000.1 OF 23 FEB 1991: DEFENSE ACQUISITION -- DOD INSTRUCTION 6050.5 OF 29 OCT 1990: DOD HAZARD COMMUNICATION PROGRAM -- DOD INSTRUCTION 6055.1 OF 26 OCT 1984: DOD OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM -- DOD INSTRUCTION 6055.5 OF 10 JAN 1989: INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH -- MILITARY STANDARD 882 C OF 19 JAN 1993: SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5100.10 G OF 15 DEC 1989: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) POLICY FOR SAFETY, MISHAP PREVENTION… -- SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5400.1SA OF 26 MAY 1995: DON RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION AND ASSOCIATED… -- OPNAVINST 5100.24 A OF 3 OCT 1986: NAVY SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM -- OPNAVINST 4110.2 OF 20 JUN 1989: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT -- OPNAVINST 5100.19 C: NAVOSH PROGRAM MANUAL FOR FORCES AFLOAT -- OPNAVINST 5100.23 D: NAVY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NAVOSH) PROGRAM MANUAL FOR SHORE ACTIVITIES -- BUMEDINST 4110.1 OF 30 AUG 1993: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT -- BUMEDINST 6270.8 OF 6 JUN 1990: PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENTS PERTAINING TO OPERATIONAL… -- BUMEDINST 5450.157 OF 9 FEB 1996: MISSION, FUNCTION, AND TASKS OF NEHC AND SUBORDINATE COMMANDS.