Georgia Environmental

Protection Division

Chris Hurst, Environmental Engineer DOD Remediation Unit The mission of the Environmental Protection Division is to help provide Georgia's citizens with cleanclean airair, cleanclean waterwater, healthyhealthy liveslives, and productiveproductive landland by assuring compliance with environmental laws and assisting others to do their part for a better environment.

www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/environ Dobbins Air Force Base Lockheed Martin Air Force Plant No. 6

Fort Gillem & Fort McPherson

Robins Air Force Base

Fort Benning

Hunter Army Airfield Marine Corps Logistics Base

Moody Air Force Base

Naval Submarine Base- Kings Bay

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.

Hazardous Waste Management Branch Mark Smith Branch Chief

Corrective Action Program Facilities Compliance Program Generator Compliance Program Hazardous Sites Response Program Bill Mundy Jim Ussery Renee Hudson Goodley Tim Cash Program Manager II Program Manager II Program Manager II Program Manager II

DoD Remediation Unit Brent Rabon Unit Coordinator

Government Facilities Unit Bruce Khaleghi Unit Coordinator

Commercial Facilities Unit Jan Simmons Unit Coordinator DoDDoD RemediationRemediation UnitUnit

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: • 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).

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. PBC Programs Currently in Georgia

Fort Gillem Fort Gordon

Robins Air Force Base Horse Pasture Site

Hunter Army Airfield MCA Barracks Site

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