INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS AND CONSULTANTS

Managing Range Condition Assessments:

The Army’s Operational RangeQualitative Assessment Program

Douglas E. Sawyers, P.E., BCEE Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Douglas E. Sawyers, P.E., BCEE Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Andrea A. GrahamUSACE, Baltimore District

Andrea A. GrahamUSACE, Baltimore District

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Acknowledgements

USAEC – John Buck

ODEP – George Cushman, Malcolm Garg

HQ IMA – Dave May

ARNG HQ – Major Jeffrey Kissler

U.S. Army Reserves - Angela Atkins

AMC – Ron Baker

USACE • Young Chong, Sacramento District• Tim Peck, Baltimore District• Bob Zaruba, Omaha District

EA Engineering – Vince Williams

ERT, Inc. - Peter Li

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U.S. Army Operational Range Assessment Program (ORAP)

Mission

Fulfill requirements of DODD / DODDI 4715.14 by FY09

Considers 378 installations• IMA

• MACOMs

• Army Reserves

• National Guard

Multi-phased approach• Proof-of Concept

(USACHPPM)

• Qualitative assessments

• Quantitative assessments

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Focus: Range Sustainability

Qualitative assessment program focuses on potential for releases of munitions constituents off-rangeProgrammatic considerations:• Munitions constituents of concern (focused)• Surface water and groundwater pathways• Human and sensitive ecological receptors

Supports Army’s efforts to maintain ability to train and proactively manage potential liabilitiesSupports BMP approaches

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ORAP Developmental Objective:Devise Program Meeting Diverse Needs of Involved Parties

Challenges:Schedule demands (e.g., training)Multiple stakeholdersFundingOn-going programs (e.g., ORIS)

Approach:Develop programmatic approach acceptable to all partiesClarify roles and responsibilitiesProvide for consistencyMaximize efficiencies• Data collection• Installation involvement• Reporting

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ORAP Involved PartiesODEP

HeadquartersOversight

USAEC

Technical Management

USACHPPM

TechnicalOversight

USACE(Baltimore District)

Executor/Program Manager

HQ IMA

USACE

Baltimore District

Omaha DistrictSacramento

District(Support

Personnel)

Contractors

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

EA Engineering, Inc.

ERT, Inc.

Contractors

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

EA Engineering, Inc.

ERT, Inc.

ARNG HQ

InstallationPOC

Regional IMA STARC

InstallationPOC

MACOM

Special Installations

AMC, ATEC,MDW,

MEDCOMSDDCUSMA

InstallationPOC

G3 Operator Perspective

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Fiscal Year of ExecutionExcludes 2005 BRAC

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Contracting by IMA Region

Northwest

Southwest Southeast

Northeast

Pacific Sacramento District

Omaha District

Baltimore District

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Program Management

Coordination activities• Weekly contractor calls• Weekly/monthly

programmatic calls• ODEP• IMA, ARNG• USAEC, USACE,

USACHPPM• Contractors

• Quarterly In-Progress Reviews (QIPR)

• Other calls, as needed

Focus:• Simplify programmatic complexities• Promote technical validity and consistency• Share lessons learned

Organization / Lines of Communication

ODEP

HeadquartersOversight

USAEC

Technical Management

USACHPPM

TechnicalOversight

USACE(Baltimore District)

Executor/Program Manager

HQ IMA

USACE

Baltimore District

Omaha DistrictSacramento

District(Support

Personnel)

Contractors

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

EA Engineering, Inc.

ERT, Inc.

Contractors

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

EA Engineering, Inc.

ERT, Inc.

ARNG HQ

InstallationPOC

Regional IMA STARC

InstallationPOC

MACOM

Special Installations

AMC, ATEC,MDW,

MEDCOMSDDCUSMA

InstallationPOC

G3 Operator Perspective

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Managing the Process…

HQ IMA/ARNG HQ• AEC to ODEP

Installation• Installation to HQ IMA/ARNG HQ

USACHPPM• to AEC

SOW • Contractor to Corps PM/PgM

• Corps PgM to AEC

Program will be dynamic and changing

Issues must be communicated clearly and timely• address at appropriate level

Resolutions processed through programmatic calls

Resolutions become standard procedures upon issuance in meeting minutes

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Qualitative Assessment Process

Goals:Streamlined approachConsistencyMinimize burden to installation

Centralized Data

Collection

Contractor Data Review

Read-Ahead Package

DataGap

Resolution

Complete Evaluation of

Available Data

QualitativeAssessment

Report

QualitativeAssessment

Report

Coordinate/Conduct Site

Visit

Start of InstallationInvolvementStart of InstallationInvolvement

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Data CollectionAEC:• Facilitating centralized

data collection• TIC, TCSI, AKO, GKO,

MIDAS, ERIS, GIS-R, ARID, MMRP SI data, ITAM, RFMSS, IAP(s)

Contractors:• Data collection/reviews

• Preliminary evaluation

• Data gap identification

• Read-ahead package

Challenges:• Data source

availability

• Pre-site visit availability is key

• Timeliness of data updates

For ORAP’s purposes:• Several high-value

resources • TIC, ITAM, RFMSS,

GIS-R, IAPs

• Installation POCs

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Read-Ahead PackageInitial installation correspondence (through HQ agency) regarding ORAP qualitative assessmentsACSIM memoOverview of qualitative assessment programInstallation specific: present data gaps/specifically identify data needs

Site VisitObjective is to close data gaps and to confirm understanding of conditionsCritical to understanding nature of actual operationsProvides for a more meaningful and objective report

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Qualitative Assessment Report

Internal draft, draft final and final reportsFixed review and revision timeframesPage limited – clear & conciseReport template for consistency

Other DeliverablesSemi-annual roll-up report (for upward reporting)Programmatic work planQIPR meetingsMeeting minutes

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Qualitative Assessment Outcomes

Range Categorizations:• Unlikely – Low priority. Source-

pathway-receptor (SPR) interaction incomplete.

Action: 5-yr Revisit

• Inconclusive – Middle ground. SPR potentially complete.

Action: Prioritize for quantitative assessments (programmed for FY08 start)

• Referred – High priority. Documented release impacting sensitive receptor.

Action: Refer to appropriate cleanup program

For example purposes only. Depiction does not illustrate documented conditions.

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Individual Qualitative Assessment Timeline

Centralized

Data Collection60 days

* Read-ahead package submitted

Site visit (3-5 days)*~45 days

*

~30 days *

Draft Final Report

Final Report

Government Review

45 days

45 days

30 days

60 days

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Program Status

Planning efforts complete

Assessments underway• EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.

• Northeast, Southwest and Pacific IMA Regions

• ERT, Inc. • Northeast IMA Region

• Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.• Southeast and Northwest IMA Regions

Site visits began Jan 2006