DoD’s Military Munitions Response Program National Site Assessment Symposium 20 June 2007 EPA’s Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
DoD’s Military Munitions Response Program
National Site Assessment Symposium20 June 2007
EPA’s Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
The issue?
The Problem
• DoD Munitions Response Program– more than 3300 sites– in excess of 15 million acres– $8 - $35 billion to clean up– >75 years to complete
• We have a lot of work to do……
Updates
• Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) Site Inventory
• Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP)
• MMRP PA/SI• EPA Initiatives• EPA Collaborative Efforts
MMRP Site Inventory
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MMRP Site Inventory
• 3,316 sites as of September 30, 2006
• Searchable by Statehttp://deparc.egovservices.net/deparc/do/mmrp
Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol
• Final Rule in Federal Register Oct 5, 2005• Required by Congress• National “Rack & Stack” for response action &
funding priorities - Relative priority tool• PA/SI information will be used as input to
module “scores”• Will not be complete until after 2011
MMRP PA/SI
• What are DoD’s plans?- Complete all MMRP PA’s by FY07- Complete all MMRP SI’s by FY10
• Driver for this schedule is need for data to populate the Protocol and score all MMRP sites
• FFRRO working with DoD services to get schedules and coordinate DoD outreach efforts
• Overview of EPA Munitions Response Activities
• Talk about Collaborative Efforts
EPA Munitions Initiatives
EPA Activities
• EPA Handbook• EPA Munitions Response Guidelines• EPA Munitions Training• Example MR QAPP
Handbook
• EPA Handbook on the Management of Munitions Response Actions
• EPA 505-B-01-001. May 2005.• Technical reference manual for EPA
personnel & others at munitions response sites
• Technical and basic regulatory information and references
EPA Munitions Response Guidelines
• Guidelines for EPA Regions overseeing response actions involving MEC and MC
• Focus on unique aspects of response at sites where explosion is additional or principal threat
• Final version very soon….
Example MR QAPP
• Provide an example to promote common data fields & consistency for a munitions response QAPP
• Following Uniform Federal Policy for QAPPs:www.epa.gov/swerffrr/documents/intergov_qual_task_force.htm
• OSWER Directive to use UFP QAPP• Ongoing, collaborative effort with DoD• Release for peer review soon
New EPA Training Course
• New explosives workshop being offered– 3 day course - more technical focus than
original EPA munitions course– Munitions 101, geophysics & detection,
munitions constituents sampling and analysis modules
Collaborative Efforts
• Munitions Response Committee• MEC Hazard Assessment• CSM Guidance• MMRP QA/QC Fact Sheets• EPA - USACE MOU• MMRP PA/SI Survey• ITRC UXO Team• SERDP/ESTCP
Doug Maddox, P.E.U.S. EPA Federal Facilities Restoration & Reuse OfficePhone: [email protected]
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/munitions.htm
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