Installation Restoration Program. Phase 2. Confirmation, Edwards AFB, California

Abstract

The United States Air Force, has long been engaged in a wide variety of operations dealing with toxic and hazardous materials. The Department of Defense (DOD) has issued Defense Environmental Quality Program Policy Memorandum 81-5 which requires the identification and evaluation of past hazardous material disposal sites on DOD property, the control of migration of hazardous contaminants, and the control of hazards to health or welfare that resulted from these past operations. This program is called the Installation Restoration Program (IRP). The IRP will serve as a basis for response actions on Air Force installations under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980. Phase II involves a comprehensive preliminary environmental and/or ecological survey to define and quantify the presence or absence of contamination that may adversely affect public health or the environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA137397

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Fines
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Sand
  • Soil Science
  • Soils
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.