Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com (2) Transition no longer needed installations quickly, cost effectively, and efficiently supporting community rein- vestment initiatives. (3) Provide protection for workers, the public, and the environment during biological warfare materiel, MEC, and RCWM response activities and the conduct of response activities in accordance with safety and environmental laws and regulations. 24–2. Policy a. Preparing for closure or reuse of land. (1) When closing portions of an installation or reusing, the prior use of the land must be considered to ensure that its use does not endanger future operations, personnel, or the public.
(2) When the DOD decides to close a military base or facility, a decommissioning program will be conducted. The Army will not abandon a facility without developing a comprehensive program and documenting the program in a decommissioning plan that identifies any hazardous sites or waste, including chemical, explosives (radiological and biological) that may be present. Base/facility history and past mission of the facility or base will serve as guides during development of the decommissioning program plan. b. Recordkeeping of risks.
(1) During operations, a process will be established to maintain records of location and information, such as a material safety data sheet, hazard classifications, and so forth, on all used and stored HAZMAT, such as explosives, chemicals, and so forth. (2) When facilities or areas undergo remediation, complete records of the actions involving cleanup of HAZMAT will be added to the record files. (3) For each base closing, all risks associated with mitigation of identified hazards will be recorded and tracked until mitigated. An annual risk assessment report of progress and obstacles encountered will be provided to the ASA (IE&E).
Any hazards discovered that were not included on the original decommissioning plan will be recorded and included in the tracking report. The decommissioning plan will be updated as required. 24–3. Closure requirements a. Nuclear Regulatory Commission tests. For sites where there is a possibility that radiological contamination may exist, the NRC will be requested to conduct testing to confirm the presence (or absence) of such contamination. The results of these tests will be included in the decommissioning program plan. Each hazard will be included in the risk assessment report and tracked until resolved. b. Environmental Protection Agency sampling.
Sampling in accordance with the EPA standards will be conducted when suspected contamination exists for hazards normally associated with environmental pollution. The results of this sampling will be documented in the decommissioning program plan. The results of this sampling and risk analysis testing will be documented in the appropriate remedial documents. Identified risk will be recorded in the risk assessment report and tracked until mitigated. 24–4. Munitions and explosives of concern a. Munitions and explosives of concern sites will be identified along with the type of ordnance or other explosives located within the boundaries of each site.
The decommissioning program plan will include information on each site and the type of ammunition or explosives located thereon. All MEC will be handled and processed in accordance with DA Pam 385–64. b. Disposition of ammunition, explosives, and propellants will be accomplished in accordance with a DDESB approved site plan. c. The burying or dumping of ammunition, explosives, or propellants is not an approved method of disposal.
Exceptions—the covering of military munitions with earth or other material to control fragments, blast, or noise during authorized destruction by detonation; and, the use of capping in-place “in-situ” of MEC when implemented as an engineered remedy under an authorized response action. d. Agencies executing munitions responses will submit an after action report through USATCES to DDESB. The DDESB Secretariat will raise any issues that require resolution before land transfer or an alternative use can proceed (see DA Pam 385–64, chap 8). 24–5. Recovered chemical warfare material a.
Suspect chemical warfare materiel may be discovered during Army restoration and remediation activities at active installations, BRAC sites, and FUDS. As the DOD executive agent for chemical warfare materiel, the Army is responsible for the safe, timely, and effective response to discoveries of this materiel. b. For RCWM response activities, safety procedures and standards will be in accordance with this regulation, AR 50–6, and DA Pam 385–61. c. Recovered substances not meeting the definition of RCWM will be considered and treated as industrial chemicals and/or hazardous waste, not RCWM.
Standards for recovery and disposition of such substances shall be in accordance 84 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007