Meeting of Environmental Restoration Panel: Hearing Before the Environmental Restoration Panel of the Readiness Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, March 26, 1987, Volume 5 |
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Air Force amounts appropriated ARY OF CONGRESS block funding budget CERCLA Chairman Clean is Clean concern conforming storage facilities CONGRES THE LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contamination cost Defense Environmental Restoration Defense Logistics Agency Department of Defense DERA developed disposal efforts Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Restoration Account ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PANEL Environmental Restoration Program EPA's evaluated Executive Order 12580 F CONGRESS fiscal year 1987 Georgia goals going Hansen hazardous waste minimization hazardous waste sites HOCHBRUECKNER identified INSTALLATION RESTORATION PROGRAM issues LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY LIBRARY LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY THE LIBRARY McClellan meet methodology military National Priorities List NGRESS obligation rate oversight PA/SI permit prepared statement priority ranking problem RD/RA READINESS SUBCOMMITTEE reduce regulatory remedial action requirements response RICHARD RAY SARA SCHAFER Secretary of Defense SS THE LIBRARY STEFFES Superfund Tooele Army Depot unexploded ordnance Utah waste reduction water pollution abatement
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Page 6 - President determines that there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the environment because of an actual or threatened release of a hazardous substance from a facility...
Page 6 - Although in the past, wastes from these operations were disposed of by the commonly accepted practices of the times, we have found that such practices may have resulted in environmental contamination and risks to public health and the environment. In response to that knowledge, programs were developed in the late 1970 's by the Military Services to identify and assess the problems on active military installations.
Page 7 - The SI comprises a physical inspection of the identified site, and in some cases, limited sampling information. This step was formerly called Phase I, Installation Assessment, under the DoD IRP. o Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) - These steps are often conducted concurrently.
Page 11 - Base has been able to successfully recycle solvents in a large-scale operation because of careful waste segregation, storage, and transportation. Site managers are responsible for segregation and labeling of waste drums at 30 different collection areas.
Page 6 - ASSESS THE PROBLEMS ON ACTIVE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1984 THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SITES FORMERLY OWNED OR USED BY THE DOD AND BROADENED TO INCLUDE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES OR DEBRIS WHICH ARE UNSAFE OR CONSTITUTE A HAZARD. ALSO, THE OVERALL...
Page 6 - ... programs were developed in the late 1970s by the Military Services and Defense Agencies to identify and assess the problems on military installations. With the passage of the Defense Appropriations Act of 1984 the Departments program was expanded to include properties formerly owned or used by the DoD and to include removal of structures or debris which are unsafe or constitute a hazard. Additionally, the overall management of the program was centralized in the Environmental Policy Office of...
Page 6 - Secretary which shall have responsibility for carrying out the program. (b) Program Goals.— Goals of the program shall include the following: (1) The identification, investigation, research and development, and cleanup of contamination from hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants. (2) Correction of other environmental damage (such as detection and disposal of unexploded ordnance) which creates an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or to the environment.
Page 6 - Statement of Thomas E. Baca Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment) INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman and members of the committee ~ I am pleased to appear before you and...
Page 7 - This includes the engineering design, construction and operation of the cleanup alternative selected on the basis of providing the most protection to human health and the environment as well as permanence, reliability and cost. It...