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Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment)

Department of Defense (DoD)

Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel (RCWM) Program

May 2017

Mr. David Hoffman

RCWM Program Integrating Office USACMA

for

Department of Defense Executive Agent for RCWMOffice of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health

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RCWM Program Mission

Achieve an effective and protective enterprise-based approach by applying rigorous project management principles to ensure the efficient use of limited RCWM Program resources for the:

• Assessment of recovered munitions and certain materials of interest that contain an unknown liquid fill;

• Destruction of munitions and material of interest determined to be RCWM; and

• Management of contaminated debris or environmental media posing a chemical agent-related hazard.

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RCWM Program Evolution

• 2007 – RCWM Implementation Plan (Secretary of the Army)

• 2009 – Interim Guidance for Chemical Warfare Materiel (CWM) Responses

• 2010 – Final Implementation Plan for the Recovery and Destruction of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel (Under Secretary of Defense)

• 2012 & 2015 – Delegation of Executive Agent Responsibilities for the DoD RCWM Program to Assistant Secretary of the Army

• 2016 – DoD Directive 5101.17E, Roles and Responsibilities Associated with the Recovery of CWM

• 2017 – RCWM Program Status Report

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RequirementsEnvironmental Response,

Risk Assessment, and Remedy Selection

CWM Recovery

RCWM Storage andAssessment

RCWM Destruction

Long-term Management

/ Site Closeout

CA

MD

,D

CA

MD

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DER

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DER

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DERP

Requirements

Requirements

RCWM Program: A Unique Capability

RCWM Program Implementation Plan (2007) provides:

– A roadmap for U.S. execution of the RCWM Program within and outside of the United States

– A documented assessment of known and potential RCWM requirements

– A comprehensive, consistent and flexible approach to the assessment of munitions and materials of interest, storage and the destruction of RCWM

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Treaty Notification & Compliance

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RCWM Program Coordination

• Roadmap for U.S. execution of the RCWM Program

• Streamlined approach to ensuring that requirements can be met

- Explosives or munitions emergencies

- Planned response (clean-up actions)

- Other

• Single face to regulatory community and the publicFunding from established appropriations

– Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) – environmental response

– Chemical Agent and Munitions Destruction , Defense (CAMD,D ) – assessment and destruction of CWM

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Executive Agent for

RCWM Program

RCWM IO

USACE HQ CMA

USACE

HuntsvilleRCMD

DERP CAMD,D

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RCWM Program Scope

RCWM Program provides a comprehensive DoD approach for addressing munitions and other material of interest with an unknown liquid fill, CWM (chemical munitions and chemical agents) and chemical agent identification sets that are:

– Known or suspected to be present at Munition Response Sites located on DoD Active installations; installations affected by Base Alignment and Closure (BRAC) decisions; and Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS)

– Encountered in public domain

– Discovered on operational ranges during range clearance and other activities

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SECDEF

ASD (NCB) and (EIE)

SECARMY

ASA(IEE)

DASA (ESOH)

ODASA(ESOH)

RCWM Program Integrating OfficeRCWM Program

Integrating Office

AMC

JMC

CMA

CMA RCMD

CMA Bus. Ops.

HQ, USACE

USACE CWDCRDECOM

FORSCOM

20th CBRNE

Program Execution per

DoD Executive Agent Delegation Memo

ECBC

CARA

OGA

Contractors

RCWM Program Organizations

Army

Leadership

DoD

Leadership

Supporting Army Organizations

Assessment &

Destruction ExecutorsEnvironmental

Response

Executors

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RCWM Program Covers

• Locations within the United States

– CWM-related explosives or munitions emergency sites

– Munitions Response Sites (MRS) known or suspected to contain CWM

– Former CWM demilitarization, storage, or transportation facilities

– Operational ranges

• Locations outside of the United States

– Where there is U.S. CWM for which the United States retained responsibility

– Where non-U.S. CWM is present and that nation requested assistance of the United States

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U.S. CWM Site Inventory

• RCWM Program’s inventory of CWM sites developed by using:

– 1993 Survey and Analysis Report

– 2005 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Scoping and Security Study

– 2007 RCWM Program Implementation Plan

– 2014 DoD Knowledge-based Corporate Reporting Systems data on DoD Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)

– Miscellaneous sources, including sites where CWM assets were deployed

• Annually updated based on field work completed response actions and new information (encounters)

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U.S. CWM Site Inventory

CWM Site Inventory Number

CWM Properties 207

Active Installations 74

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites 15

Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) 118

CWM Sites† 547

Response Complete for CWM sites 286

Sites / Projects Remaining 261

† An installation or formerly used defense site may have multiple sites/projects.

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CWM-related cleanup is completed at over 50% of the CWM sites

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RCWM Program Responsibilities

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RCWM Program Integrating Office (IO)Service Remedial Program Managers/Formerly Used Defense Sites Program

Archive ResearchRCWM IO

CWM Site Inventory RCWM IO/Services/FUDS

RCWM ResponseUSACE/RCMD

Acquisition Contract Resources Requirements Sustainment Resources

Planned Assessment & DestructionRCMD

Emergency Assessment & DestructionRCMD

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E)RCMD

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RCWM Program Support Functions

• Conduct archival research on CWM sites *

• Procure and maintain mobile RCWM assessment and destruction systems

• Sustain crews and equipment for assessment and destruction

• Support explosives or munitions emergencies involving munitions and materials of interest with an unknown liquid fill

• Support planned remediation (cleanup) of CWM sites *

• Support research, development, testing and evaluation on new systems and planned improvements of existing systems

• Provide reimbursable support, when required, to:

- Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) for stockpile destruction

- Combatant Commanders

• Oversee programmatic efforts

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Conduct Research

• National Archives and Records Administration Regional Branches

• Historical records held by the base

• Local museums, historical societies, environmental offices, ranges, other military repositories

Locate Records

• Shipment records, firing records, Depot Surveillance Records

• Aerial photos

• Secondary sources including environmental reports, newspaper articles, earlier historical reports

• Oral histories or personal papers of previous workers at a site

Analyze Records

• Produce Report that includes- Quantity of munitions potentially buried at a site- Identity (if possible) of location of burial

Site-Specific

Historical

Report

1 – 1.5 year process

0. 1 - 5% relevant document rate

Each document thoroughly reviewed

for relevance

Compilation of data and analysis of

current and historical aerial images

Archival/Historical Research Process

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Planned Responses

• Involves the intentional physical contact with munitions (i.e., unexploded ordnance (UXO) and discarded military munitions (DMM), including chemical munitions, or the conduct of ground disturbing or other intrusive activities in areas known or suspected to contain munitions

• Funded by multiple accounts

• Decision documents determine the level of cleanup required

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Activities may include:• Surface removal of UXO or DMM

• Intrusive investigation of detected anomalies

• Environmental sampling and analysis

• Temporary storage:

- Recovered munitions with an unknown liquid fill

- Munitions determined to be CWM

• Management and processing of CA-contaminated media and material potentially presenting an explosive hazard

• Assessment of unknown liquid fills - identifies most likely fill

• Onsite destruction of RCWM using specialized contained detonation technology

Planned Responses

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Support to Emergency Response & Planned Remediation

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Summary

RCWM Program:

• Is complex, involving numerous organizations

• Is conducted in compliance with a myriad of applicable environmental laws and regulations

• Requires a high level of coordination and integration to ensure safety of DoD workers and the pubic

• Must balance administrative, regulatory and technical variables

• Must ensure limited resources are effectively used to meet competingrequirements

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Contact

David Hoffman

RCWM Program IO410-436-8728

[email protected]

Efficient CWM risk reduction.

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