The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) is responsible for:
(a) Policy relating to Navy installations, facilities, environment, safety, shore resources management and quality improvement;
(b) Development, implementation and evaluation of military construction, facilities management and engineering, strategic homeporting, housing, utilities, and base utilization issues;
(c) Environmental policy, safety, occupational health, and Marine Corps and Navy environmental affairs, including environmental protection, restoration, compliance and legislation, natural resource programs, hazardous material/waste minimization, plastics reduction and control, afloat environmental issues, state and federal agency and environmental organization coordination, and the National Environmental Policy Act; and
(d) Advising on fiscal resources related to shore appropriations.