I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Headquarters U.S. Air Force Environmental Restoration Program Optimization (ERP-O) Ed Brown AFCEE/TDV 13 May 2009

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Outline Purpose Components ERP-O Definition Mission Tools / Products Analysis / Impact

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 3 Environmental Restoration Program Optimization (ERP-O) is a comprehensive and systematic review of an installation’s past, current and planned cleanup activities whose goal is to ensure protection of human health and the environment over the entire restoration life-cycle at minimal risk and optimal costs. ERP-O provides all the needed tools to manage risk and complies with AFSO21 ERP-O Definition 3 Environmental Restoration Program Optimization (ERP-O) Definition: ERP-O Foundation Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools / Products 119 RPO and 32 LTMO Visits Since 1999

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O Mission & Vision 4 ERP-O Mission Maximize the effectiveness and minimize the financial liabilities and environmental footprint of the USAF restoration program through competent technical leadership and guidance ERP-O Vision Be the USAF Environmental Restoration Program preferred, efficient and reliable optimization source 4 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools / Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 5 Why are we doing this? President’s Management Agenda (Section 5, 2002) directed all Federal Agencies to focus on performance, ensuring programs are evaluated to determine if their funding is actually accomplishing the intended goals Management Guidance for Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Sep 2001, mandates continuous reviews of response actions, ensuring protectiveness and optimization of remedial actions Management Guidance for the Air Force Environmental Restoration Program, Feb 2003, requires annual optimization reviews for sites with an installed remedy Optimization directed by SAF/IEE memo, Air Force Cleanup Program Performance-Based Management Policy, 27 Oct 04 Implementation of the RPO Policy directed by USAF/ILEV memo, Remedial Process Optimization (RPO) Policy, 5 Mar 05. AFI will require RPO Bottom line: ERP-O is an AF and CMS Requirement 5 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools / Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 6 ERP-O - Components 6 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools / Products Environmental Restoration Program Optimization encompasses 3 environmental program processes Investigation Process Optimization (IPO) Remedial Process Optimization (RPO) Technical Assistance Visits (TAV)

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O - Roles & Responsibilities AFCEE/CMS define the strategic requirements provide funds as required AFCEE/TDV Provide technical leadership and management Conflict of Interest Free (COIF) contractors Coordinate the visits Prepare reports for CMS/TDV Track the recommendations A&E contractors Provide logistical support, technical assessment, and report preparation Last, but not least, the role of the Bases and RPMs is important in the overall ERP-O process Provides key corporate knowledge 77 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O -Tools/Products Remediation Risk Management Tool Sustainable Remediation Tool Well Optimization/Management Tools Portal Conceptual Site Model (CSM) PBC Tool Environmental Decision Information Tracking Tool (EDITT) System Inventory Performance Tracking Tool Decision Document Inventory ERP-O Tracker Site Inventory RPO Recommendation Tracking Module (R2TM) LUC/IC Inventory TI Waiver Questionnaire 8 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O Portal - Includes R2TM ERP-O Portal Provides use of management and communication tools for a diverse and diffuse AFCEE ERP-O Team, including scheduling and file transfers This is the only place where the working current schedule resides 9 Provides one stop shop for ERP-O recommendations and quantifies value added Recommendations from RPO visits are tracked on this matrix Provides value-added results from ERP-O Reviews in the form of reduced life cycle cost, risk, and duration Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products RPO Recommendation Tracking Module (R2TM)

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Remediation Risk Management Tool Evaluates programmatic, technical, and regulatory risk and generates a risk profile and risk score Can be used to compare changes in risk over time Tool has user friendly interface driven by drop down boxes Remediation Risk Management Tool will be included in RIPS/EDITT Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Sustainable Remediation Sustainable Remediation Tool (SRT) Aids environmental professionals in incorporating sustainability concepts into their remediation decision making process 11 Helps plan for the future implementation of remediation technologies at a particular site Evaluate optimization of remediation technology systems already in place Compare remediation approaches based on sustainability metric Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Environmental Decision Information Tracking Tool (EDITT) 12 Why EDITT?... Business Processes Only AF enterprise database that captures remedial system type, cost and performance What?... Data System & Technology Inventory and Performance Data System capital construction data System O&M cost, life-cycle, legal drivers Decision document inventory Results Better understanding of the number and type of remediation systems, when they were installed, and the O&M cost for each system Technology trend towards more energy efficient technologies; away from the more active and longer life-cycle technologies Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e EDITT Land Use Control / Institutional Control (LUC/IC) Inventory 13 Includes annual reminder of LUC/IC requirements Meets required reporting and O&M requirements The LUC/IC Inventory is available in EDITT as a single web page with the following input: Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products  MAJCOM & Installation  Site ID (AFRIMS)  LUC/IC ID  Type and Classification of LUC/ID Matrix affected  Acres impacted  Current and Future Land use  LUC/IC Objective/goals  O&M requirements (activities and frequency)  LUC/IC Termination Criteria  LUC/IC Termination Date  OPR & POC  OPR and POPC Contact Information *Notional (Module by June 2009) LUC/IC Module Includes Inventory Graphics*

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O Phase I - Analysis Evaluate the accuracy of CSM, and the appropriateness of clean-up goals and DQOs Assess the potential for the remedial design and/or remedial action to meet clean-up goals Establish DQO type decision rules and/or decision trees for clean-up goals update, technology selection/modification, well decommissioning, and performance evaluation Optimize Remedial Action Operations (RA-O) performance monitoring and Long Term monitoring (LTM) Verify that field and analytical procedures meet DQOs Streamline and standardize data management Create cleanup-team incentives that promote accelerated closure without compromising risk protectiveness Assess Environmental Impact and Risk of the Remedial Action 14 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ERP-O Phase I - Report and Outbrief Common Recommendations Update Conceptual Site Model (CSM) Update/develop Exit Strategy Document Performance Metrics Update and Evaluate Performance Trends 15 Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products Phase I Report Identifies Best Practices Topics/Site Overview CSM Risk evaluation and analysis Recommendations Exit strategies Phase I Outbrief Present site analysis/report content Pre-brief RPM and Staff Contractors Outbrief Executive (e.g., Wing Commander) Invited Regulators

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e RPO/ERP-O visits conducted since December 2006 $142.5M Total Estimated Cost Avoidance $11.4M Total Estimated Cost to Implement ERP-O recommendations 13:1 Total Estimated Potential Return on Investment (ROI) 56 Exit Strategies 46 NFA/Site Closures Top 20 ERP-O Visits Based on Cost Avoidance ERP-O - Results Purpose Components Analysis/ Impact Mission Definition Tools/ Products

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 17 Questions?