Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Chris Hurst, Environmental EngineerDOD Remediation Unit

The mission of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division is to help provide Georgia's citizens with clean airclean air, clean clean waterwater, healthy liveshealthy lives, and productive landproductive land by assuring compliance with environmental laws and assisting others to do their part for a better environment.

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Marine Corps Logistics Base

Dobbins Air Force BaseLockheed Martin Air Force Plant No. 6

Fort Gillem & Fort McPherson Fort Gordon

Moody Air Force Base

Fort Benning

Robins Air Force Base

Naval Submarine Base- Kings Bay

Fort Stewart

Hunter Army Airfield

Major Department of Defense Installations in Georgia

Department of Defense and State Memorandum of Agreement /

Cooperative Agreement (DSMOA/CA) Program

GA EPD began participating in the Cooperative Agreement process in CY2001 and July – September

2001 was the first quarter for which we received funding.

Reorganization of GA EPD’s Hazardous Waste Management Branch as a result of our

new DSMOA/CA Funding.

Corrective Action P rogramB ill M undy

P rogram M anager II

Com m ercial Facilities U n itJan S im m ons

U nit C oord inator

G overnm ent Facilities U nitBruce Khalegh i

U nit C oord inator

DoD R em ediation U nitBrent R abon

U nit C oord inator

Facilities C om pliance P rogramJim U ssery

Program M anager II

G enerator C om pliance P rogramR enee H udson G oodley

Program M anager II

H azardous S ites R esponse P rogramTim C ash

P rogram M anager II

H azardous W aste M anagem ent B ranchM ark Sm ith

Branch C hie f

DoD Remediation UnitDoD Remediation Unit

• review and approval of all work plans and reports which are part of the corrective action processes,

• conducting Corrective Action Oversight (CAO) Evaluations,• modifying Environmental Indicators, and• managing workloads & reporting requirements in order to ensure

compliance with the DoD and State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA) and Cooperative Agreement (CA).

The DoD Remediation Unit is responsible for managing the corrective action programs at federal DoD installations in the state of Georgia, including those sites listed on the Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI).

Duties include:

Note that underground storage tanks (USTs) at DoD installations will continue to be managed by the UST Program within GA EPD’s Land Protection Branch.

Fort Gordon

PBC Programs Currently in Georgia

Fort Gordon was the first installation in which GFPR was awarded.

Fort Gillem

Hunter Army AirfieldMCA Barracks Site

Robins Air Force BaseHorse Pasture Site

Initial Obstacles Associated with Fort Gordon PBC

• GA EPD Project Manager recently hired into Hazardous Waste Management Branch

• Complete understanding of state agencies capabilities not understood by contractor or installation

• Overcoming the learning curve pertaining to GA EPD corrective action guidance/policy

• Turnover in GA EPD personnel• Turnover in contractor personnel

Georgia’s Lessons Learned So Far – Positive Experiences

• Single contractor • PBC contractor is very responsive and highly

motivated• Ability to diminish learning curve associated with

new relationships• PBC appears to be better suited for larger scale

projects where there is flexibility for the contractor to work with multiple sites or corrective action units

Georgia’s Lessons Learned So Far – Not So Positive

Experiences• Difficulty for state in providing same rapid

response as contractor (unable to “ramp-up”)• Project managers with state agency burdened with

increased expectations for a PBC site on top of other duties

• Contractor has expectations that corrective action review process can be expedited beyond capabilities and or desires of state agency

• PBC has not included all corrective action activities at the installation

Suggestions for Improvements

• Communicate early on and as often as possible during remedial process.

• Develop clear understanding of expectations and capabilities of the state agency, the contractor, and the installation.

• Consider possibility of contractor shifting resources to other projects during course of PBC.