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: 703-603-0087maddox.doug@epa.gov

http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/munitions.htm

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