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Chapter: Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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Appendix B

Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities

FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING,
SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2011, EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND

Objective: To introduce National Research Council (administrative actions, including committee introductions and composition, balance, and bias discussions for committee members); to review committee statement of task with sponsor; to receive detailed process and equipment briefing presentations; to review preliminary report outline and report-writing process; to confirm committee writing assignments; and to discuss future meeting dates and next steps.

Briefings and Discussions

Discussion with sponsor on scope of statement of task: Don Barclay, Deputy Director, Chemical Materials Agency; and Laurence G. Gottschalk, Project Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel.

The Army RCWM Program: A Policy Perspective: J.C. King, Assistant for Munitions and Chemical Matters, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (DASA-ESOH).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Roles, Responsibilities and Capabilities Related to Buried/Recovered CWM: Chuck Twing, Chief, Chemical Warfare Design Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Huntsville.

Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project Program Status and Update: Laurence G. Gottschalk, Project Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel.

CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity Missions: LTC Charles A. Asowata, Acting Director, and Dalys Talley, Chief of Operations, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (enhanced) Analysis and Remediation Activity (CARA).

Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center’s Roles, Responsibilities and Capabilities in Monitoring and Handling CWM: Timothy A. Blades, Deputy Director, Directorate of Program Integration, Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center.

Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project Equipment and Capabilities Overview: David Hoffman, Operations Chief, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project.

Site Visit Assessment Equipment/MMAS, PINS, DRCT Scanner and Raman Spectrometer, CAIS and SCANS, EDS Phase I and Phase II, Multiple and Single Round Containers for On- and Offsite Transportation of Munitions: David Hoffman, Chief, Operations Team, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project.

Lessons Learned Program: Darryl Palmer, Project Engineer, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project.

Dynasafe Static Detonation Chamber: Tim Garrett, Site Project Manager, and Charles Wood, ANCDF Deputy Operations Manager, Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Anniston, Alabama (via VTC).

SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING,
NOVEMBER 1-3, 2011, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Objective: To receive briefings on Army and DOD policy with regard to RCWM operations; to conduct a site visit to Spring Valley; to receive a briefing on the status installation and plans for systemization of the DAVINCH at TOCDF; to receive a briefing on the conduct of RCWM operations at Redstone Arsenal and Camp Siebert, Alabama; to review preliminary report outline; to confirm committee writing

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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assignments; and to discuss information-gathering requests and next steps.

Briefings and Discussions

Remediation Operations from an Army Perspective: Carmen J. Spencer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elimination of Chemical Weapons, U.S. Army.

Remediation Operations from an OSD Installations and Environment Perspective: Deborah A. Morefield, Manager, Defense Environmental Restoration Program, Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense.

Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty Requirements and Policies: Lynn M. Hoggins, Director, Chemical and Biological Weapons Treaty Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs/Treaties and Threat Reduction, Department of Defense.

Project Management of Spring Valley: A Corps of Engineers Perspective: Dan G. Noble, Project Manager, Spring Valley Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Protecting the Public: An EPA Perspective: Steven Hirsh, Remedial Project Manager, Region 3, Environmental Protection Agency.

Spring Valley: The Regulatory Agency Perspective: James Sweeney, Chief, Land Remediation and Development Branch, Department of the Environment, District of Columbia.

Involvement of the Spring Valley Community: Greg Beumel, Co-Chair, Spring Valley Community Restoration Advisory Board.

History of the American University Experiment Station: Dan G. Noble, Project Manager, Spring Valley Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Site Visit: Low-probability digging for metallic anomalies, controlled detonation system for conventional items, and interim holding facility.

Perspectives on Public Involvement: Henry J. Hatch, former U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army [Retired].

Remediation of Buried CWM in Alabama: The State Regulator’s Perspective: Steven A. Cobb, Chief, Governmental Hazardous Waste Branch, Land Division, Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).

Remediation of Buried CWM at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: The Installation Manager’s Perspective: Terry de la Paz, Chief, Installation Restoration Branch, Environmental Management Division, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, U.S. Army.

Installation and Systemization of the DAVINCH Unit at TOCDF (video conference): Thaddeus A. Ryba, Jr., TOCDF Site Project Manager.

Remediation of Contaminated Soil at Camp Sibert, Alabama: The Installation Manager’s Perspective (video conference): Karl E. Blankenship, FUDS Project Manager, Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING,
DECEMBER 12-14, 2011, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Objective: To receive briefings from the Army Environmental Command and the Army Corps of Engineers on the conduct of RCWM operations at Deseret Chemical Depot Utah and on three destruction systems; to review and advance preliminary first full message draft; to confirm committee writing assignments; and to discuss information-gathering requests and next steps.

Briefings and Discussions

Roles and Responsibilities of the Army Environmental Command in the Army’s Cleanup Program (video conference): James D. Daniel, Chief, Cleanup & Munitions Response Division, Army Environmental Command; and Timothy L. Rodeffer, Oversight East Army Environmental Command.

USACE Operations of Recovered Chemical Warfare Material from Burial Sites: James D. Daniel and Tim Rodeffer, Cleanup and Munitions Response Division.

USACE Effective Engagement with Stakeholders: Hal E. Cardwell, Director, USACE Conflict Resolution & Public Participation Center of Expertise.

USACE Military Munitions Support Services for Chemical Warfare Materiel: Christopher L. Evans, Special Assistant for Military Munitions Support Services Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dynasafe Static Detonation Chamber: Harley Heaton, Vice-President-Research, UXB International.

Controlled Detonation Chamber: Brint Bixler, Vice President, CH2M HILL.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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DAVINCH: Joseph K. Asahina, Chief of Technology Nuclear and CWD Division, Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Remediation of Buried CWM at Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah: The Installation Manager’s Perspective (video conference): Troy Johnson, Environmental Manager; Raymond Cormier, Director, Mission Support; and Mark B. Pomeroy, Commander Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah.

Remediation of Buried CWM in Utah: The State Regulator’s Perspective (video conference): Brad Maulding, Program Manager; David Larsen, Project Manager; and John Waldrip, Project Manager, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ).

FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING,
JANUARY 17-19, 2012, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Objective: To receive briefings from the Chemical Materials Agency and the Hill on geophysical detection from DOD; to receive briefings from the Navy and Air Force on the Redstone Arsenal archival review; to review and advance preliminary first full message draft; to confirm committee writing assignments; and to discuss information-gathering requests and next steps.

Briefings and Discussions

Perspectives from the Chemical Materials Agency: Don Barclay, Deputy Director, Chemical Materials Agency.

A Congressional Perspective: Richard Fieldhouse, professional staff member, Senate Armed Services Committee.

Geophysical Detection of RCWM: Capabilities and R&D: Herbert H. Nelson, Manager, Munitions Response Program, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, Department of Defense.

Roles and Responsibilities Related to Remediation of RCWM of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management: Bryan M. Frey, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Installation Services Directorate, Environmental Division, Department of the Army.

The Navy’s Roles and Responsibilities Related to Remediation of RCWM: Robert Sadorra, Manager, Munitions Response Program, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

The Air Force’s Roles and Responsibilities Related to Remediation of RCWM: Michele Indermark, Director for Environmental Policy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health), Department of the Air Force.

The Redstone Arsenal Archival Review: William R. Brankowitz, Senior Chemical Engineer, Science Applications International Corporation.

FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETING,
FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2, 2012, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

Objective: To conduct committee discussions aimed at ensuring that the text of each chapter addresses the statement of task; to perform page-by-page review of text for each chapter; to agree on and/or refine findings and recommendations and necessary supporting text; and to make any necessary work assignments.

SIXTH COMMITTEE MEETING,
APRIL 3-5, 2012, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Objective: To conduct committee discussions aimed at ensuring that the text of each chapter addresses the statement of task; to perform page-by-page review of text for each chapter; to agree on and/or refine findings and recommendations and necessary supporting text; and to reach concurrence on study draft and findings and recommendations.

DATA-GATHERING ACTIVITIES

Teleconference, November 12, 2011

Objective: To gain a better understanding of EPA’s involvement in the cleanup at sites that have significant quantities of RCWM.

Person spoken with: Doug Maddox, Federal Facilities Office, Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

National Research Council participants: Todd Kimmell, William Walsh, committee members; Nancy Schulte, NRC study director.

Teleconference, December 5, 2011

Objective: To gain a better understanding of EPA’s involvement in the cleanup at sites that have significant quantities of RCWM, particularly at Camp Sibert and Redstone Arsenal, both in Alabama, and within EPA Region 4.

Persons spoken with: Sally M. Dalzell and Anne Heard, Federal Facilities Enforcement Office, Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; and Harold Taylor and Michelle Thornton, EPA Region 4 Federal Facilities Branch.

National Research Council participants: Todd Kimmell, Jim Pastorick, and William Walsh, committee members; Nancy Schulte, NRC study director.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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Teleconference, January 4, 2012

Objective: To gain a better understanding of ECBC’s experience with CH2M HILL’s TDC.

Person spoken with: Tim Blades, Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command.

National Research Council participants: Dick Ayen, Doug Medville, and JoAnn Lighty, committee members; Nancy Schulte, NRC study director.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities." National Research Council. 2012. Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13419.
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As the result of disposal practices from the early to mid-twentieth century, approximately 250 sites in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 territories are known or suspected to have buried chemical warfare materiel (CWM). Much of this CWM is likely to occur in the form of small finds that necessitate the continuation of the Army's capability to transport treatment systems to disposal locations for destruction. Of greatest concern for the future are sites in residential areas and large sites on legacy military installations.

The Army mission regarding the remediation of recovered chemical warfare materiel (RCWM) is turning into a program much larger than the existing munition and hazardous substance cleanup programs. The Army asked the Nation Research Council (NRC) to examine this evolving mission in part because this change is significant and becoming even more prominent as the stockpile destruction is nearing completion. One focus in this report is the current and future status of the Non-Stockpile Chemical Material Project (NSCMP), which now plays a central role in the remediation of recovered chemical warfare materiel and which reports to the Chemical Materials Agency.

Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel also reviews current supporting technologies for cleanup of CWM sites and surveys organizations involved with remediation of suspected CWM disposal sites to determine current practices and coordination. In this report, potential deficiencies in operational areas based on the review of current supporting technologies for cleanup of CWM sites and develop options for targeted research and development efforts to mitigate potential problem areas are identified.

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