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7 The Path Forward: Recommendations for Policy, Funding, and Organization
7 The Path Forward: Recommendations for Policy, Funding, and Organization
Pages 82-97
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Chapter 2 traced the history of remediation of had once been envisioned as the program for the remedia chemical warfare materiel up to July 2007. This chapter tion of recovered buried chemical warfare materiel (RCWM)
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the RCWM aspects of responses sive and munitions emergency responses. conducted at DERP-funded munitions response sites (MRS)
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recommended the immediate imple Finding 7-1. As of April 30, 2012, neither the responmentation of a draft Army regulation that provided interim guidance for chemical warfare materiel response and related sible officials within OSD -- namely, the DUSD(I&E)
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destruction of buried chemical warfare materiel as required appropriation pending establishment of a single, focused by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technol RCWM program account. Once implemented and funded, ogy and Logistics in its memorandum of March 1, 2010.
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As an advisory and coordinating office, the Developing and compiling funding requirements for support of the program using input from the military provisional IO has no authority to direct any of its members services, environmental program managers, Army to comply with its decisions. program execution managers, and the Army Materiel Command; FUNDING • Establishing a provisional RCWM Integrating Office; • Ensuring the development and maintenance of an Background inventory of known or suspected CWM and CAIS sites and other locations of potential interest; As discussed in Chapter 2, Congress authorizes programs • Approving an annual work plan for the RCWM pro- and appropriates funding for the express purpose of imple gram, including CWM responses and other planned menting those programs consistent with its direction.
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12Deborah A Morefield, Manager, DERP, Environmental Management, assess and remediate recovered chemical warfare materiel.
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The CAMD,D appropriation, being tied to the completion of the stockpile program, is a problematic long-term source Depending on how and where CWM is discovered, of funding for RCWM requirements, including the stockauthority and funding for RCWM activities emanate from pile's derivative NSCMP. Because the stockpile program is two OSD offices and two Army Secretariat offices.
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was randum designating the Secretary of the Army as the DOD e stimated at approximately $10 million for EA for the destruction of non-stockpile chemical warfare assessment and destruction, $36 million per year munitions, agents, and by-products. The Army has not yet for emergency response functions, $5 million submitted a final implementation plan for the recovery and per year for RDT&E, and $10 million for archidestruction of buried chemical warfare materiel as required val research over 4 years.
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As the RCWM executive agent, Defense for Installations and Environment and the Under the Secretary of the Army should establish a policy that Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, in coordination with the addresses all aspects of the remediation of chemical warfare Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and materiel and that prioritizes remediation requirements, and Biological Programs and the Army, should proceed immethe Secretary of Defense should identify a new long-term diately to establish a separate budget account for recovered funding source to support the program. chemical warfare materiel, as directed by the memorandum of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technol The committee's recommendation to increase funding is ogy and Logistics dated March 1, 2010, and to ensure that important and necessary.
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DASA (ESOH) Executive ACSIM/ FORSCOM AMC USACE Management IMCOM Structure 20th Support RDECOM CMA Command Provisional RCWM IO Air NAVY Force Integrated Huntsville CARA ECBC NSCMP AEC BRAC Engineering and Product Team Support Center FIGURE 7-2 RCWM Army execution structure.
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The provisional IO has met several times while it awaits formal The CMA's NSCMP and the USACE's Huntsville Engiapproval by the Army and DOD. The committee considers neering and Support Center are key players for the execution the establishment of the provisional IO to be a step in the of both emergency responses and planned RCWM projects.
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RCWM OIPT, composed of higher-level representatives They oversee a very broad segment of Army programs and of the organizations in the current provisional RCWM IO requirements. As the Secretary of the Army has directed, the along with appropriate members from OSD, would replace appropriate Army secretariat office for leading the RCWM the provisional RCWM IO.
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would not improve efficiency or allow NSCMP to Army Corps of Engineers and the Army Materiel Command/ manage a large RCMA program. And, as stated in Chemical Materials Agency outlining the reporting ladder the last section, CMA is expected to be phased out as and transition plan for the realignment of the non-stockpile the stockpile program winds down, leaving NSCMP chemical materiel program.
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. program requirements, the Army's provisional RCWM IO T he committee's recommended structure for Army must complete the inventory of known and suspected buried RCWM organization and authority is shown in Figure 7-4, chemical weapons as a first order of business (see Recom- which incorporates the recommended Program Executive mendation 7-4a)
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NOTE: Tasking authority is the authority of the RCWM Program Executive 7-4 respect to day-to-day oversight, guidance, management, and direction of Army elements on all RCWM matters, FIGURE with Army RCWM organization and authority recommended by committee.eps including program and budget planning and allocation, and program and budget execution and performance by the RCWM commands, agencies, and organizations. • authority of the RCWM program executive; and the realign- Develop and execute a coordinated 5-yr program plan ment of NSCMP under the USACE Huntsville Engineering and budget estimate for remediation of the identified and Support Center.
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97 THE PATH FORWARD: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, FUNDING, AND ORGANIZATION mittee recommends that the Army begin transitioning the ment, the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller, the alignment of PMNSCM from AMC/CMA to the USACE Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Huntsville Center. Biological Programs, and the Secretary of the Army should proceed immediately to implement the guidelines contained Recommendation 7-12.
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