Provide guidance and resources to implement environmental policies and programs that will sustain compliant operations, protect Marine Corps liabilities, and safeguard the capability of MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton installations and ranges to support current and future readiness requirements.
Vision
To serve as keeper of the Marine Corps Environmental Program by maintaining regulatory compliance, ensuring public health, and stewarding the nation’s resources in support of our Corps mission while protecting and enhancing the quality of life of those who call our installations "home".
The Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton) Environmental Security Department manages Camp Pendleton’s environmental programs. In performing this function, Department personnel provide a number of environmental program management functions to include policy development, compliance oversight, regulatory liaison and consultation, fiscal resourcing, and compliance assistance.
To accomplish our mission, the Environmental Security Department is structured as follows:
- Conservation Division: environmental planning, natural resources, cultural resources.
- Compliance Division: pollution prevention, pollution control, environmental cleanup.
- Regional Operations: environmental planning, resource conservation, environmental compliance.
- For more information on our environmental programs, or to speak with someone within our environmental department, please go to our contact page
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton occupies approximately 125,000 acres, with more than 17 miles of coastline, in northwestern San Diego County. Less than 20% developed, Camp Pendleton stands as an ecological buffer between the heavily urbanized areas that abut the northern and southern borders of the Base. Within Camp Pendleton, tidal estuaries, riparian corridors, coastal plains, rolling hills and canyons, and mountains that rise in elevation to 2,700 feet above sea level provide essential habitat for over 1,100 species of flora and fauna, to include 19 federally listed threatened and endangered species and a free roaming herd of bison.
A diverse array of training occurs within this natural setting to promote the combat readiness of the Marines and other military personnel who call Camp Pendleton home. Camp Pendleton is the only West Coast military installation where comprehensive air, sea, and ground assault training is routinely executed. Camp Pendleton’s environmental programs work in support of the military training mission and seek, through proper management, to protect and sustain the Marine Corps continued ability to train on lands that are vital to National defense. By complying with environmental requirements and effectively stewarding the resources in its care, Camp Pendleton can help to ensure that the training opportunities, resources, and landscapes enjoyed by today’s Marine will be available for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.
Commanding General's Environmental Policy Statement

Hazardous Substance Releases
If any of the following conditions apply, immediately call 911
The release presents a life threatening situation
The release is reacting uncontrollably or on fire
The release is in or is threatening water
The release has or is likely to migrate off-Base
The release is above the following reportable quantities:
- POLs, JP-5, F-24, Diesel: 42 gallons
- Gasoline: 5 gallons
- Paint: 42 gallons
- Super tropical bleach: 1 gallon
- DS-2: 1 gallon
- Sulfuric acid: 1 gallon
- Unknown chemical: Any quantity
- Compressed gas: Any leak
If the all of the above immediate alert conditions DO NOT apply, call:
760-763-1120, or 760-542-5758 (after hours)
Illegal Dumping: 760-725-9773
Non-storm Water Discharges: 760-725-9760 or 760-763-7880
Sewage Spills: 760-725-4324
Wildlife Incidents: 760-725-3360
Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE): http://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=site&site_id=148
Green Procurement
For ordering hazardous materials at your unit, go to the following Federal webpages to ensure materials being purchased meet current and future planning standards for sustainability. You can also work directly with our G-4 Servmart office 760-725-4701 who comply with Federal Sustainability and Green Procurement standards.
GSA Sustainable Facilities Tool
https://sftool.gov/
GSA Advantage Environmental Purchasing
https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/search/special_category_search?cat=ADV.ENV
Department of Defense Sustainable Procurement Program
https://www.denix.osd.mil/spp/home/
Weapons Parts Washers
For environmentally preferable parts washers for weapons, equipment or vehicle parts contact the hazardous waste section at 760-725-4375 These parts washers are designed to use environmentally perfectible solvents in lieu of flammable halogenated solvents which reduce worker exposure to hazardous materials. There are currently three types of parts washers available.
Transportation Parts Washers that use a Safety-Kleen environmentally friendly, low VOC aqueous solution.
Ultrasonic Parts Washers that use MM-Dip, a low VOC multi-metal safe liquid cleaner with no glycol ethers, phosphates, nitrates, or amines.
Armory Parts Washers that use Q-Sol, which is a non-aqueous, low VOC, Hazardous Air Pollutant Free solvent.
Weapon Systems Cleaner, Lubricant, and Preservatives (CLPs)
To acquire safer bio-preferred weapons and weapons systems CLP, go through your unit S-4 and/or 1st Supply Bn to order under the qualified products list MIL-PRF-63460F:
- G96 Synthetic Bio-CLP Gun Oil®
- NYCOLUBE 127 CLP BIO®
Pesticide Alternatives
For weed control at your unit, the Camp Pendleton Servmart store carries horticultural vinegar that is derived from grain alcohol as a chemical alternative. For additional information contact Servmart at 760-763-7953
Wastewater Source Control
Camp Pendleton provides wastewater source control rules to protect our water resources and water treatment processes. Contact the Water Resources Division at 760-846-4392 for guidance on what you can and can’t put down the drains! Remember, “Marines Train in What Goes Down the Drain.”
Storm water System Evaluations
Environmental security will evaluate your exterior stormwater drains, runoff locations, and operational activities to provide best management practice assessments, evaluations, and recommendations to ensure pollutants are not entering our waterways. Contact the Environmental Security Stormwater Section at 760-725-9760
Vanpooling
For information on current vanpooling programs, or to sign up with the “Commute with Enterprise” program, contact the Camp Pendleton Human Resources Office at 760-725-3794, or contact the Regional Enterprise representative at 760-567-3859
Hazardous Materials Reuse Center
To drop-off or pick-up materials free of charge (especially paint and batteries), contact the Servmart Reuse Center at 760-763-7953 The Reuse Center accepts returns from units of unused, or partially used, containers of hazardous material and also resupplies materials back to units.
Red Rag Reuse
To collect and launder used oily rags, coveralls, and other personal protective equipment contact the MCIWEST Regional Contracting Office at 619-553-3857, 760-725‐4423, or 760-725‐8137 Even though your unit pays into the contract, the costs for laundering and reuse is less than the costs for disposal and purchase of new materials.
Base Recycle Center
The Camp Pendleton Recycle Center will accept recyclable materials generated at the Installation. This includes materials such as; cardboard, paper, plastics, cans, glass, expended small arms brass-clips-links, scrap metal, metal lockers, razor and concertina wire, metal furniture, shrink wrap, com-wire, printer-toner cartridges, and electronic waste.
The Recycle Center will NOT take anything that goes “boom”, government furnished equipment, hazardous waste, tires, fiber optic wire, mattresses, wood, or food and biomedical waste. Contact the Recycle Center at 760-763-2032 for up to date procedures, guidance, drop off dates and times.
Mattress Recycling
To turn in used mattresses, Bye-Bye Mattress provides several options for mattress and box spring recycling. California residents can drop off their old mattresses and box springs at no-cost at a participating collection site or event. The drop-off site is located at the Palomar Transfer Station 5960 El Camino Real, Carlsbad CA 92008. Contact the Carlsbad location at 760-603-0153 prior to drop-off.
Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Recycling
To turn in E-Waste (pretty much anything that plugs into an electric outlet), go to the 22 Area Recycle Center, building 22054T. Upon arrival check in with recycling enter staff for assistance. They Recycle Center accepts non-government computers and laptops, televisions, printers, phones and cell phones, VCRs and DVDs, stereos, copiers and scanners, fax machines, refrigerators (with or without Freon), washers and dryers, microwaves and toasters, cameras, ice machines, water coolers, and vacuum cleaners. However, E-Waste generated in housing must be handled by the Housing Office.
Fire Extinguisher Recycling
To drop off spent, expired, or unwanted fire extinguishers (not including Halon or AFES systems), go to the 22 Area Recycle Center, building 22054T. Contact the Recycle Center at 760-763-2032 for up to date procedures, guidance, drop off dates and times.
Used Tire Recycling
To schedule a tire drop off with DLA, Units must submit a 1348 in the Electronic Turn-In Document System (ETIDS) and ensure that no more than 25 tires can be accepted at one time. Tires have to be palletized by NSN and type. Contact the DLA site lead at 760-829-9197 or the DLA environmental coordinator at 760-829-9181 for up-to-date procedures and guidance.
Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricant (POL) Recycling
If you handle or manage POLs at your unit (such as waste fuels or oil), make sure to contact the hazardous waste section at 760-725-4375 to ensure your waste fuels and oils are being recycled.
Used Antifreeze Recycling
If you handle or manage antifreeze at your unit, make sure to contact the hazardous waste section at 760-725-4375 to ensure your used antifreeze is being collected for recycling.
Munitions Recycling
For expended small arms brass casings, units can take directly to the recycle center for processing, or back to the ASP. Contact the Recycle Center at 760-763-2032 for up to date procedures, guidance, drop off dates and times.
For lead and copper down range, the G-3/5 Range and Training Area Management Division will contract operational range clearance activities which collect metal munitions and divert off site for recycling.
Battery Recycling
If you handle or manage batteries at your unit (such as lithium, non-lithium/lead acid batteries), make sure to contact the hazardous waste section at 760-725-4375 to ensure your batteries are collected and recycled.
- For lithium batteries, follow the ESOP and store in a lined metal-drum.
- For non-lithium batteries, follow the ESOP and store in a poly-drum.
- For Automotive lead acid batteries, follow the ESOP and store on a single-stack pallet. Damaged batteries will be placed in a septate poly-drum for collection.
THE CAMP PENDLETON recreational HUNTING PROGRAM is open WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.
Due to staffing shortages the recreational hunting program is currently limited. Please refer to Camp Pendleton’s iSportsman home page at pendleton.isportsman.net for the most up to date information on availability.
During this period of limited recreational hunting, Conservation Law Enforcement Officers (CLEOs) continue to offer fishing program, enforcement of environmental regulations, and wildlife conflict management. Current fishing information is available on the iSportsman Home Page (scroll below the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor for more details). Fishing availability is updated COB every Thursday. Any questions related to the hunting and fishing programs can be directed to the Conservation Law Enforcement Section (CLS) at 760-725-3360.
The Mission of the CLS is to provide Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton with resource, cultural, environmental mission program support, and CLEO investigations of specific violations. The CLS also manages wildlife conflict and recreational hunting and fishing programs while providing quality of life to customers; and ensuring compliance to applicable laws.
Compliance is accomplished by providing base-wide CLEO responses, patrols and investigations into resource and environmental related violations along with providing technician support to minimize human/wildlife conflict on base while ensuring today’s and future generations of Marines, Sailors, their families and others are able to safely enjoy recreational fishing and hunting activities.


CAMP PENDLETON BISON HERD
In 1973, plains bison were introduced onto Camp Pendleton as a gift from the San Diego Zoo. From 1973-1979, 14 total bison were presented to the base. The bison herd was last surveyed in 2015, and now consist of approximately 90 individuals. It along with another herd on Santa Catalina Island are the only two wild conservation herds of bison in California.
The base has a robust bison herd management plan that was written in 2015, it is included in 2018's Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and is around 15 pages in length.
Bison can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, run up to 35 miles per hour and are extremely agile. Use caution should if you encounter a bison aboard Camp Pendleton and stay at least 150 feet away.
On occasion, bison are injured on base. If you come across an injured bison, give it space and stay at least 150 feet away. If a bison turns sideways and shakes it's head, that is bison body language for "Stay Away!"
Although the base conducts some animal management activities to ensure the health of the ecosystem and specific populations, as long as animals are not a threat to the public, the ecosystem, or the Marine Corps' ability to train they are mostly left alone to live and die naturally.
We understand that some people in the community may find this policy insensitive or cruel, but our priority here at Camp Pendleton is to provide safe training areas to the Marine Corps in a way that complies with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Excessive management or interference with the animals on the base does not support this objective.
Please use the following address to contact the CLS Office in writing
Environmental Security: Conservation Law Enforcement Section
P.O. Box 555008
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5008
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is one of the Department of Defense's busiest installations and offers a broad spectrum of training facilities for many active and reserve Marine, Army and Navy units, as well as national, state and local agencies.
In response to environmental problems posed by past hazardous waste disposal practices, Congress directed the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a program to manage and control past disposal sites. This program was outlined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 and was amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986. CERCLA and SARA established a series of programs for the clean-up of hazardous waste disposal and spill sites nationwide. CERCLA also established the National Priorities List (NPL), which guides the EPA in determining which sites require further investigation. MCB Camp Pendleton was placed on the NPL on November 15, 1989.
The DoD (Department of Defense) developed the Installation Restoration (IR) Program in 1986 to identify, assess, characterize, and clean up or control contamination from past hazardous waste disposal operations and hazardous materials spills at United States Navy and Marine Corps installations. Equivalent to the EPA Superfund program, IR Program cleanup actions reasonably interpret and apply EPA policy and guidance when making cleanup decisions in order to meet federal requirements regarding the clean-up of hazardous waste sites, outlined in CERCLA, as amended by SARA.
In 1990, the Department of the Navy (DON) and regulatory agencies entered into a Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) for MCB Camp Pendleton. The FFA is a legally binding document that outlines the schedule for completing the investigation and clean-up of sites at the Base. Parties to the FFA included the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and the Department of the Navy (DON). The FFA specifies the working relationships among the Navy and each agency. FFA team meetings are held three times a year in order to provide transparency in site status to all team members.
To date, more than 65 IR Sites have been cleaned up and/or closed under the program. There are currently a little over a dozen active IR Sites in the MCB Camp Pendleton's IR Program, all in different phases of the cleanup process.
Information Repository
To provide the local community with opportunities to review project documents, an Information Repository has been established for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton's IR Program. A copy of the complete Administrative Record index and pertinent program-related documents are available for public review at this established resource.
The community Information Repository for MCB Camp Pendleton is located at the Oceanside Public Library, Civic Center Branch. Please check the Oceanside Public Library website for up-to-date hours of operation.
The Marine Corps Environmental Compliance and Protection Manual, MCO P5090.2A, establishes the requirements of a conforming Environmental Management System (EMS). Patterned loosely after the international standard contained in ISO 14001, the Marine Corps EMS consists of five management components and 17 interrelated EMS elements. Collectively, the five components and 17 elements provide a “plan-do-check-act” framework that is common to many standard management systems and paradigms.
Camp Pendleton’s EMS employs this framework to advance the interests of both “mission” and the “environment”. In providing environmental management, the EMS ensures that Camp Pendleton’s environmental compliance and resource stewardship obligations are met. In support of mission, the EMS seeks to protect and sustain the Marine Corps continued ability to train on lands that are vital to prepare for the Nation’s defense.
The Commanding General’s environmental policy statement establishes the overarching goals of the EMS. The EMS Manual describes how the 17 EMS elements are performed. For opportunities on how to participate, or to request information, contact the EMS Coordinator at 760-725-9771.

OCT - MAR 2025 Training Schedule
MOS 8056 Enlisted
APR - SEP 2025 Training Schedule
The following courses are offered at Camp Pendleton’s environmental classroom (Building 2282)
Hazardous Waste (HW) Handler Course (3 days)
This course instructs personnel on how to properly handle, store, and dispose of HW and respond to spills (HAZWOPER Operations level). This course is required for all Environmental Compliance Coordinators and personnel who are responsible for handling or managing hazardous waste sites. Course Prerequisite: USMC Introduction to HM/HW course, available on MarineNet. Bring a copy of your completion certificate for the prerequisite course with you on the first day of the Hazardous Waste Handler 3 day course.
8-HR HW Handler Refresher
This course is required to maintain certification as a Hazardous Waste Handler and must be completed within 12 months of completing the initial Hazardous Waste Handler Course or previous Hazardous Waste 8-hour Hazardous Waste Handler Refresher course.
8-HR HM/HW (Fuel) Operator
This course instructs Marine Corps motor vehicle operators in the proper transport of hazardous waste and hazardous materials (fuel) in accordance with CFR Title 49, Defense Transportation Regulation, and Tactical Motor Transport Licensing Official’s Manual. Course Prerequisite: USMC Hazardous Material Transportation for Drivers online course, available on MarineNet
Click here to download the MCB Camp Pendleton environmental training fillable nomination letter
To register for environmental training, contact the Environmental Security Training Section at pndl_training_environmental_security@usmc.mil or 760-725-9775 / 760-725-9776
**Environmental Compliance Coordinators meet (mandatory) on the second Tuesday of each month from 1330-1430 in Building 2282. G-3/4, S-3/4, Environmental Officers, and HAZMAT personnel are also welcome to attend.
COURSE REGISTRATION: The first 20 students will be registered for in person attendance, but we can host 10 virtually along with the in person attendees. Submit a nomination letter (Attachment A) to the Training Section via email. Nominations must be submitted through your unit’s Environmental Compliance Coordinator (ECC). Ensure nomination is hand or digitally signed and submitted TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO CLASS. Course start times are 0730 and is conducted in building 2282.
* This course has an online pre-requisite: USMC Introduction to HM/HW; available on MarineNet. Students must upload this certificate on the MarineNet MOODLE site and complete a read ahead as a first assignment. Virtual Class adobe link is: https://meeting.marinenet.usmc.mil/hwhc24/. The password will come from an announcement via MOODLE. Virtual attendees must conduct a TECHNICAL (TECH) CHECK the Friday before the course at 1000 to ensure access to the class website and course materials. Nominees who do not conduct the Tech Check on the prescribed date will be contacted for disenrollment.
** This course has an online pre-requisite: USMC-Hazardous Material Transportation for Drivers: available on MarineNet. Students attending must upload this certificate on the MarineNet MOODLE and complete lesson one read ahead as a first assignment.
Virtual Class link is https://meeting.marinenet.usmc.mil/hmhwoperator/. Virtual attendees must conduct a TECHNICAL (TECH) CHECK the Wednesday before the course at 1330 to ensure access to the class website and retrieve required course materials. Nominees who do not conduct the Tech Check on the prescribed date will be contacted for disenrollment.
I MEF requires Security Awareness class to be taken online at http://dothazmat.vividlms.com/, New Users click on “register now”, once registered enroll in “8.0 Security Requirements” and take the course. Certificate to this class is submitted to your licensing official.
***The mandatory monthly Environmental Compliance Coordinator Meeting (ECM) for unit ECC’s is held the second Tuesday of every month in Building 2282 from 1330-1430. This meeting is also open to all military and civilian employees that have HM/HW environmental responsibilities. The ECM virtual link is: https://meeting.marinenet.usmc.mil/eccmeeting/ when conducted virtually.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POINTS OF CONTACT
1. Course nomination letters must be submitted by the unit ECC. Ensure the nomination is hand or digitally signed by the ECC, then forward course nomination letters and training requests to: PNDL_Training_Environmental_Security@usmc.mil
2. Students seeking AMOS 8056 (HM/HW Marine) must complete the Introduction to HM/HW course (online via MarineNet)
Step 1: Attend classroom HM/HW Handler course.
Step 2: Download AMOS 8056 enlisted or officer that requires Battalion Commander signature. https://www.pendleton.marines.mil/Staff-Agencies/Environmental-Security/Training/
Step 3: Complete all installation specific additional training courses (Environmental Training Classroom Online)
Step 4: Request permission to access MOODLE 8056 and submit by uploading ALL of the completed certificates in Moodle at: https://elearning.marinenet.usmc.mil/moodle/course/view.php?id=5423 and email or bring the signed MOS 8056 checklist to the Environmental Security Training Section (Building 2282) for approval.Step 5: The completed checklist with Commanding Officer signature may also be emailed to PNDL_Training_Environmental_Security@usmc.mil with a digital signature.
3. To schedule onsite unit training (pending availability of instructors), or for any other questions, please contact the Training Section by email at PNDL_Training_Environmental_Security@usmc.mil or by phone.
Points of Contact
Training Classroom 760-725-9775 / 760-725-9776 / 760-725-7308
Mr. Juan Montez
Mr. Robert Casillas
Mr. Paul Vogel
Online Environmental Training is available at - MarineNet
Additional Courses to be completed by Environmental Compliance Coordinator (ECC) and AMOS 8056 applicants.
Position ECC/8056 Handler Training Courses
USMC - Introduction to Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCHMHW01
MCIWEST-MCB CAMPEN 24-Hr HW Handler - On-Site Classroom
Position ECC/8056 Training Courses
Environmental Compliance for Commanders/ Officers - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCECCOM1
USMC HQ/MCICOM – Environmental Compliance Coordinator (ECC) Training Self-Paced Course - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCECC001
USMC HQ/MCICOM - Air Quality Compliance Self-Paced Course - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCAQC001
USMC HQ/MCICOM – Water Quality Compliance Self-Paced Course - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCWQC001
USMC HQ/MCICOM – Storage Tank Management Self-Paced Course - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCSTMT01
USMC HQ/MCICOM – Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) General Awareness - Marine Net Course Code: HQMCSPCCC1
Additional Environmental titles are available on MarineNet
The Pest Management Program at MCIWEST-MCB Camp Pendleton manages pests and controls disease vectors by utilizing pest management tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks.
Camp Pendleton uses a variety of pest control methods, and prefers non-toxic solutions to chemical use. Non-toxic methods involve surveillance and education.
PEST CONTROL SERVICES
- For Military Cantonment Areas, Buildings, and Training Structures, submit a service ticket with Facilities Maintenance Customer Service/MAXIMO at 760-725-4683.
- For Lincoln Military Housing, submit a service request at 888-578-4141, or log into their website at lincolnmilitary.com.
- For Hunt Military Housing, submit a service request at 844-887-6840, or log into their website at deluzfamilyhousing.com
- For MCCS Operated Locations, contact MCCS Procurement at 760-725-5690 for a list of approved pest control vendors to schedule service Housekeeping (sanitation), exclusion, and mechanical means (trapping and vegetation removal).
PESTICIDE SELF-HELP PROGRAM
To purchase Ready-To-Use pesticides/herbicides for small scale bug and weed control, have your Battalion Environmental Compliance Coordinator fill out the Pesticide Self-Help Statement of Need (see below link) and send to the Installation Pest Management Coordinator. Statement of Need
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Contact the Naval Hospital’s Preventative Medicine Department at 760-725-1270 for information on pests of medical importance (cockroaches, mosquitoes, and bed bugs), public health pest prevention, and emergency planning for vector-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus.
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Contact the Environmental Security Department’s Natural Resources Management office at 760-725-4637 for information on control and management of invasive plants, terrestrial weeds, and forest pests.
WILDLIFE CONFLICTS AND DOMESTIC ANIMAL CONTROL
For assistance with Wildlife Conflicts (e.g. snakes, skunks, and large predators), contact a Conservation Law Enforcement Officer at 760-725-3360. For assistance with Domestic Animal Control, contact the Provost Marshal’s Law Enforcement Program at 760-725-3024.
For additional information, contact the Installation Pest Management Coordinator at 760-725-9757 or 760-815-8223
Marine Corps Installation West-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (MCIWEST-MCB CAMPEN) is a premier amphibious training Base which is home to 19 federally listed species. Integral to the success of the military mission aboard MCB CAMPEN is maintaining and protecting natural resources. The Base has successfully implemented the Base’s Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) by close coordination and collaboration with Base operators, federal and California state agencies, and the regional scientific community. MCB CAMPEN’s Resource Management Branch oversees management of 12 federally protected species of mammal, bird, amphibian and fish on Base, as well as many other sensitive species of various taxa. These species are distributed widely over approximately 125,000 acres of largely undeveloped training land in Southern California, including 17 miles of shoreline, three major watersheds and coastal foothills with elevations up to 3,000 feet above sea level.
MCIWEST-MCB CAMPEN developed the 2024 INRMP Revision in coordination with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Services, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Orange County District.
Click the link to download a copy of the 2024 INRMP (19MB)
Federally Listed Threatened & Endangered Species List
Please send your comment and recommendation to:
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
PNDL-ENV-INRMP-Natural-Resources@usmc.mil
ATTN: ALISA ZYCH
MCIWEST-MCB
BOX 555008
CAMP PENDLETON, CA 92055-5008
Camp Pendleton’s Storm water Management Program seeks to prevent pollutants from reaching the storm drains and contaminating water. Here’s how the program works. STORM DRAINS ARE FOR RAIN Most outdoor drains are storm drains and are meant only for rain. Everything that flows into a Camp Pendleton storm drain goes untreated directly into nearby waterways and ultimately ends up in the Pacific Ocean. Pollutants picked up by storm water can impair recreational use of water and harm the habitat for fish, other aquatic organisms, and wildlife. As shown below, Camp Pendleton has marked its storm drains with a stenciled numbering system (black letters on a white background) for easy identification, so that these drains, culverts and catch basins can be distinguished from the separate sanitary sewer system. All of these stenciled structures are part of the storm water conveyance system and are meant only for rain.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS
Do not discharge anything into a storm drain, including clean tap water.
Keep outdoor work and storage areas clean and orderly.
Cover or protect storm drain inlets from outdoor work activities.
Maintain spill control and cleanup materials and clean up outdoor spills.
Do not store machinery, equipment, or vehicles over storm drains.
Keep outdoor trash cans and bins closed.
If water is used to clean, discharge wastewater to a sanitary sewer.
Oversee all fueling activities by a trained equipment operator.
Place drip pans under leaking equipment.
CONTRACTORS
Contractors working on Camp Pendleton are responsible for reviewing Camp Pendleton's Storm water Management Plan and implementing appropriate Best Management Practices.
Portions of the Santa Margarita Ranch House (SMRH) Complex & Las Flores Adobe grounds are available for Department of Defense (DoD) affiliated events. General Rules for each property are published annually and provided below.
• Santa Margarita Ranch House General Rules
• Santa Margarita Ranch House Event Map
• Las Flores Adobe General Rules
• Las Flores Adobe Event Map
Reservation requests require a completed a Use Agreement and Release of Liability form for each event and, if approved, are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis. Requests should be submitted at least 60 days in advance. Application & Release of Liability forms are provided below.
Santa Margarita Ranch House Complex & Las Flores Adobe Application Form
Use Agreement and Release of Liability Form
Completed forms can be submitted to: M_PNDL_ENV-Ranch-House-Requests@usmc.mil
For questions, please call: 760-725-4637
Tours are available through the History and Museums Branch
Santa Margarita Ranch House Complex: Property History
Santa Margarita Ranch House Complex (NR #710506003)
The Santa Margarita Ranch House Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1971 includes the main ranch house (Building 24154), the Bunkhouse (Building 24152), Chapel (Building 24150) and 21 acres of associated grounds (National Register entry No. 710506003). The building are excellent examples of Spanish Colonial/Mexican California architecture constructed largely in the 19th century. The main ranch house served as headquarters of one of the largest ranchos in California until 1942 when the US government acquired approximately 125,000 acres of rancho lands and converted the site to a military base. Known historically as Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, the site has been an important center of human activity for thousands of years including prehistoric Native American culture, the Spanish mission system, Mexican secularization of mission lands that resulted in the proliferation of rancho culture, and agricultural use by Anglo-Americans. The ranch house essentially acquired its present form while the ranch was under the management of some of the most notable figures in California history, including Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta California, Juan Forster, a prominent rancher and Pico’s brother-in-law, and Richard O’Neill, whose family operated the ranch for nearly sixty years beginning in 1882.
Las Flores Adobe: Property History
Las Flores Adobe National Historic Landmark (NR #68000021)
The Las Flores Adobe structure was listed as a National Historic Landmark (NR entry No. 68000021) in 1968 and is located within a 50-acre parcel. The adobe was built between 1866 and 1868 by Juan Forster as a wedding present to his son, Marcus. The Las Flores Adobe represents an outstanding example of a 19th century two-story "Monterey style" residence with a double veranda façade, which created a popular building type unique to California during the mid-19th century. It is significant at the National level in the area of architecture with a period of significance from 1868-1888. This property is also eligible at the local level of significance for agriculture with a period of significance from 1888-1941 when it served as the headquarters for a locally important lima bean farm. The USMC in cooperation with the National Park Service and the University of Vermont conducted a major repair and seismic stabilization to rehabilitate the adobe starting in 2002 and completed in 2005. The USMC is conducting ongoing maintenance and repairs in cooperation with the University of Vermont. A lot of work has been completed but there is still much more to do.