Review and Analysis of Phase I Installation Restoration Program Reports for Selected Air Force Facilities.

Abstract

A model was developed that ranks U.S. Air Force installations on the basis of potential for contamination form uncontrolled hazardous material disposal sites. The model is a multiple regression equation formulated from data presented in 77 records search reports for previously studied Air Force installations. Data required for the equation should be readily available from military archives and published soil survey reports. The model can be used to assign priorities to open or closed Air Force installations for initiating Phase I of the Installation Restoration Program. The effects of statistical variance in the multiple regression equation are graphically displayed so that program managers can balance program goals and installation investigation costs. Originator supplied keywords: Installation Restoration Program; Multiple regression equation, Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology (HARM), Hazardous materials, Uncontrolled hazardous waste disposal sites, and Site ranking model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA154554

Entities

People

  • G. O. Peters

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Contamination
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Information Science
  • Installation Restoration
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Training
  • Waste Disposal Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Regression Analysis.