ASTSWMO Annual Meeting October 25, 2006 Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection We just want to do this thing better than it s ever been done Larry Sievers Formerly Used Defense Site Program Manager (213) 452-3990 larry.a.sievers@usace.army.mil Pete Carroll USC
Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps Of U.S. Army Corps of District Fun Facts District represents the world s 8 th largest economy, bigger than Canada and Spain 30 million call it home, 1 out of 10 Americans 2020 7-10 million more 9 fastest growing cities over 100,000 (00-02) 4 in CA, 3 in AZ, 2 in NV 3 of the biggest 7 U.S. cities, LA/Pho/SD 40% of the nations maritime trade Mission: Serve the Public and meet Government customer needs Services/Roles: MILCON/Flood Control/Regulatory /Navigation/Recreation/Environmental and Implementation of the Formerly Used Defense Site Program
Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) Primer Why Congress 1986 correction, detection and disposal of unexploded ordnance which creates an imminent and substantial endangerment. $250M Where Who How the Secretary shall carry out all response actions under CERCLA at properties owned by, leased or otherwise possessed by the United States USACE assigned USACE has almost 10,000 FUDS identified nationwide, over 1,100 in the Los Angeles District, funding limited Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) and Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste (HTRW) use the DoD investigation/cleanup methods based on Env. Protection Agency (EPA) CERCLA process Total Properties in Inventory Metric Oct 04 Sep 05 Total Properties Eligible for FUDS Program Properties Requiring Response Actions (30%) 9,730 9,847 6,789 6,909 2,948 2,965 Total Projects In Inventory 4,871 5,018 Cost to Complete $18.1 Billion $18.6 Billion
Los Angeles District by the Numbers Formerly Used Defense Sites Total Inventory 1,283, minus duplicates Total Sites 1,043 By State: AZ 262 CA 763 NV 18 Total Number of Projects 503 MMRP by Risk Assessment Code (RAC): RAC 1: 18 RAC 2: 33 RAC 3: 54 RAC 4: 102 RAC 5: 150 Project Category # Los Angeles District Cost to Complete % of Nation s CTC Partially Responsible Party 24 ------ ------ Preliminary Assessment/INPR NA $1,300,000 0.04% Building Demolition/Debris Removal 16 $2,400,000 0.07% Containerized HTRW 84 $3,100,000 0.10% Chemical Warfare Material 4 $91,500,000 2.81% Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste 27 $105,800,000 3.35% Military Munitions Response Program 348 $3,052,500,000 27% TOTALS 503 $3,256,600,000 18% FY06 Funding $8,911,000 or about 3.5 % of national FUDS budget
RAC 1-4 Risk Assessment Code (RAC) Action is required to mitigate the Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) hazard or protect personnel (i.e. fencing, physical barrier, guards, etc). Rankings 1-4 with 1 as highest priority, indicate the relative priority for cleanup among thousands of sites. It evaluates and scores the severity of a munitions (from catastrophic to negligible) and the probability (from frequent to improbable) of an MEC encounter. RAC 5 Usually indicates no DOD action required. Frequent Marginal
Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol Explosive Hazard Chemical Warfare Material Munitions Constituents MRSPP being completed as part of USACE MMRP SI FUDS process
Los Angeles District This Is How We Roll FY2006 ~ 130 Projects - $8,911,000 PA (INPR/ASR) 52 projects SI, 28 projects 26 MMRP leads all Districts & most Div 2 HTRW RI/FS, 18 projects 14 MMRP 10 starts in 16 months 4 HTRW RD/RA-C, 13 projects 6 MMRP 7 HTRW/CON LTM, 4 projects 3 MMRP 1 HTRW PCO, 15 projects 3 MMRP, 12 HTRW PAs Low priority, until DDs pile up SIs 55 MMRP SIs ongoing in FY07 most in USACE Districts or Divisions FUDS MMRP Focus RI/FS District focus, get High Priority sites to RA-C BMA Programmatic RI/FS WP represents new standard RD/RA-C 1 st MMRP DD/RA-C, Williams #6 Camp Elliot/IBIS Projects LTM Two projects at Camp Elliot
Former Trabuco Bombing Range, CA U.S. Army Corps of SI vs. RI/FS Implementation CERCLA Remapping April 2004 All 348 sites had to be re-mapped into a CERCLA Phase PA = Inventory Project Reports (INPR) and Archive Search Reports (ASR) Los Angeles District aggressive re-map to RI/FS for high priority sites to the extent we can afford it 14 MMRP RI/FS 10 starts in 16 months - District Priority is Decision Documents on High Priority sites www.trabuco-bombrange.com
Los Angeles District MMRP SI Program 1. Approximatly 215 MMRP SIs to complete by 2010 Nations FUDS total is ~750, LA is ~30% of nation s 2. District SI Cost To Complete of $39,000,000, USACE FUDS MMRP SI Cost to Complete is $169,000,000 3. Required to spend >50% of entire annual budget on MMRP SI, this year over $5 million 4. Severe program impact to create the funding space for MMRP SIs; RI/FS and RA-C reduced
USACE SI Nationwide Program Information General SI Goals The primary objective of the MMRP SI is to determine whether the FUDS project warrants further response action pursuant to CERCLA and the NCP. [If a site is RAC 1, 2, or 3 (4?) it will go RI/FS]. The SI will collect the minimum amount of information necessary to: (i) eliminate from further consideration those releases that pose no significant threat to public health or the environment; (ii) determine the potential need for removal action; (iii) collect or develop additional data, appropriate for Hazard Ranking System (HRS) scoring by EPA (iv) collect data, as appropriate, to characterize the release for effective and rapid initiation of the remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS). Specific SI Goals Complete all by 2010. Better Cost To Complete information, document need for more MMRP Wanted to define project space vs. property boundaries but not a goal Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol
Los Angeles District MMRP Site Inspections Part of IMA Southwest region, Performance Based Contract payment milestones National efforts share common operational platforms across regions/nation centralized process District has 55 MMRP SIs in progress Focus of SIs are on high priority sites, RI/FS ready 1. Technical Planning Process (TPP) Mtg & Memo Gather stakeholders: Develop MC sampling, CSM, & Field visit CSM will describe SI goal: RI/FS vs. something else 2. Site Specific Work Plan issued, reviewed, final 3. Field Effort; MEC savvy team walks planned course records findings, and MC sampling is performed 4. Report describes results of field survey/mc, and update CSM provide recommendations on next step (RI/FS)
Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps of MMRP Site Inspections MMRP SI Issues have been First award June 2005, first fieldwork Oct 2006 Right of Entry, hard if not possible to get all UXO find/disposal notification process National/Regional/PBC approach creates nonentrepreneurial and paint by the numbers SI process MMRP SIs Lessons Learned Close coordination of comments and responses Focus on getting to the field best part of SI effort Level of Effort may not closeout MC or reduce footprint Get innovative look for opportunities for Programmatic implementation of Geo & MEC & CSM similar sites
RA-C LOS ANGELES DISTRICT FORMERLY USED DEFENSE MMRP SI STATUS WITHIN PINAL COUNTY ARIZONA FASTEST GROWING CO. IN AZ FY05 FY06
Carrizo Impact Area U.S. Army Corps of MMRP Site Inspection A Different kind of SI Geospatial Analysis with high resolution photography Identify areas of concentration items? MC sampling and MRSPP Status: Closed to the public - 8,000 plus acres in Anza Borrego State Park Incident Summary 1991-1997: 1,000 lb bomb; 750 lb bomb; (9) 100lb bombs 75 mm AP; (4) 5 inch rockets; (~30) practice bombs; flares/pyrotechnics; grenades Hyper spectral Imagery / Analysis New generation mapping / LiDAR fly over - revolutionary Entrepreneurial selection of tools and process intended to enhance CSM for RI/FS and for safety today at this hostile site
Munitions U.S. Army Corps of Recognition & Safety Training PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION Training 2 hour course Training Materials Brochures Signs Example of cooperation between and leveraging USACE expertise and EPA Mission U.S. Army Corps of
United States Marine Corps Fall 1944 - Peleliu Los Angeles District FUDS MMRP Los Angeles District FUDS Historical Significance United States Army Air Corps in Europe 1942-1945 Okinawa
Questions On Los Angeles District FUDS/MMRP/PA/SI U.S. Army Corps of Munitions Recognition and Safety Training Change is one site at a time Larry Sievers FUDS Program Manager (213) 452-3990 larry.a.sievers@usace.army.mil
Finish U.S. Army Corps of Before: Delays real and imagined set in USACE, Contractor and Stakeholders lose focus Formerly Used Defense Site spending priorities shift Keep: A frenetic pace The end game in mind
Anza Borrego State Park KOFA Wildlife Refuge U.S. Army Corps of F Palm Springs Airport U D SOME PLACES YOU KNOW Cal Poly SLO UC Santa Barbara UC San Diego Calif. City Every Airport And so on.. LA County: 264 FUDS properties evaluated County of San Diego CAIS
Sector 2 U.S. Army Corps of Former Camp Elliot, San Diego Sector 2 RA-C 2005 field completed 23 UXO destroyed; 37 mm & 75 mm Sector 4 RA-C, 2007 Creates buffer zone along public areas, homes w/in zone Mission Trails RA-C, 2007 Surface MEC Removal in open space Camp Elliot has a CTC of $30 plus million
T-102 T-35-ship silhouettes RSM PKYWY Banderas T-36 mock aircraft/runway T-108 241 Toll Road T-37 Antonio PKYWY Los Angeles District
Military Munitions Response Program Former Trabuco Bombing Range U.S. Army Corps of Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study RI/FS Work Plan June-Oct 2006 Geophysical and ground intrusive for munitions and explosives of concern (MEC), see insert Field Investigation MEC Items Started Oct 16, 6-8 week investigation of open space remaining at the site RI Area Conduct 20 miles of geophysics, excavate anomalies, determine extent of MEC and build a Conceptual Site Model (CSM) Soil sampling for munitions constituents Evaluate Remedial Alternatives vs. CSM Select a Preferred Alternative No Action Institutional Controls Surface Removal Subsurface Removal USACE Project Points of Contact Greg Fuderer 213.452.3923 Public Affairs Larry Sievers 213.452.3990 Project Manager Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps of October 2006
Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps of Headache of the Month Club, November 2005
FUDS Properties by State data from 2000
Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol Explosive Hazard Chemical Warfare Material Munitions Constituents
Borrego Maneuver Area DERP FUDS No. J09CA7011 Military Munitions Response Program Programmatic RI/FS MRA-1101Mechanized Artillery Range MRA-1102Camp Ensign MRA-1103Clark Dry Lake MRA-1104Borrego Hotel MRA-1105Military Wash MRA-1106Benson/Ocotillo Dry Lake MRA-6700Winona Bombing Target 1 (# 90) MRA-6800Winona Bombing Target 2 (# 91) Work Plan Comments This Week
Neighborhood FUDS Properties Goal is to roll these sites into BMA programmatic planning for cost an schedule savings