The U.S. Army Ordnance and Explosives Waste (OEW) Task Force
Abstract
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), established the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP). This program requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify, investigate, and clean up Ordnance and Explosives Waste (OEW), to include that which contaminates Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). The Department of the Army (DA) has been designated as the service responsible for the execution of DERP for all FUDS, regardless of historical ownership. As the investigative phase of FUDS DERP progresses, a number of basic problems have surfaced that are not addressed by current policy or DOD/DA regulations. These issues include the transportation, packaging, storage, and disposal of OEW and are of such magnitude as to be very difficult to resolve at the single major command (MACOM) level. This lack of guidance was made even more obvious by the discovery of World War I chemical munitions in the Spring Valley area of Washington, DC, in early 1993. In recognition of this policy void, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command (AMCCOM) organized a FUDS conference on 28 June 1993 to formally identify these issues and propose solutions. Invitations to attend were extended to all of the Army's major proponents for oversight and accomplishment of DERP.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA507020
Entities
People
- John L. Byrd Jr.
Organizations
- Defense Ammunition Center