Environmental Restoration

Course Description:
Munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and munitions constituents (MC) are known or suspected to exist on hundreds of thousands of acres of Navy and Marine Corps property once used to train Sailors or Marines or to manufacture, store, handle, develop and test, transship, or treat munitions. These sites may now be other-than-operational ranges, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) property, or even acreage put to another use such as a housing area.
 
The Munitions Response Program, established to clean up this MEC and MC, is being implemented under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program. It is following the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) response process as described in the National Contingency Plan. The majority of Munitions Response Sites (MRSs) are now entering into the CERCLA remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) phase.
 
A 3-day CECOS Advanced Munitions Response Site Management Workshop has been developed to instruct Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) and other attendees primarily on the RI/FS phase. In executing the RI/FS, RPMs will need a thorough understanding of how to determine the nature and extent of MEC and MC contamination at an MRS and if sampling and hazard/risk assessment is sufficient to justify it, evaluate proposed remedies. This course will build upon the existing CECOS Munitions Response Site Management Workshop and is comprised of classroom instruction as well as practical exercises on the RI/FS phase.
 
Topics include:A brief review of MEC basics, the CERCLA process and roles and responsibilitiesPolicies relevant to a MR RI/FSManagement of an RI/FS including scoping, project quality objectives, workplans, and explosive safety submissionsThe terrestrial RI conceptual site model, anomaly detection technologies, investigation considerations, technology selection, and data collectionThe terrestrial FS, MEC Hazard Assessment, development, screening and evaluation of response optionsThe underwater RI conceptual site model, detection technologies, investigation considerations, technology selection, and data collectionThe underwater FS, development, screening and evaluation of response optionsThe RI/FS reportCase studies.
 

Course Description:
This course provides attendees with information on Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) and its use in the IR program.  Instruction includes discussion on:ERA components,how the risk manager and risk assessor decide what is needed for a site-specific ERA,technical oversight that should be included in the ERAhow the tasks of the ERA should be performed,how to estimate risk based on the results of the ERA,and how the ERA fits within required regulatory processes such as RI/FS (CERCLA) and RFI/CMS (RCRA).
 
This course was developed in coordination with the Tri-Service ERA Group and is approved by the Interservice Environmental Education Review Board (ISEERB)
 
Plan on a full three days of instruction for this course. 
 

Course Description:
This 5-day course is ISEERB approved and has been reviewed by subject matter experts from the ISEERB components and found suitable to all. This course stresses the connection between the DQO process and the management of quality assurance. Students will be completing exercises in the classroom using Visual Sample Plan (VSP) software on laptops provided to the students.
 
DQOs refers to a seven-step planning process developed by EPA to ensure that the type, quantity, and quality of environmental data used in decision making are appropriate for the intended application. Although the DQO process was developed as part of the Superfund remediation effort, the process can be applied to emergency response and industrial hygiene scenarios. This course introduces the student to the DQO process, reviews statistical concepts such as hypothesis testing, describes sampling strategies and, through the use of case studies and computer-based exercises, allows the student to apply the process to site remediation, emergency response, and industrial hygiene situations.
 
Managing environmental quality assurance describes how to develop, implement, and manage an environmental QA/QC program for field and laboratory sampling and testing.  This part of the curriculum consists of classroom lectures and group exercises.  Attention is given to updating students to new laws, policies, and laboratory practices that impact the development and implementation of a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP).  Laboratory issues are given more attention than field issues.  The management of a QA/QC program is given more attention than the analytical chemistry and statistics that are used to implement a QA/QC program.
 
This course is approved by the Interservice Environmental Education Review Board (ISEERB), the Naval Civil Engineering Corps Officers School (CECOS), the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), and it is accredited by the American Board of Industrial Hygienists (4.5 CEUs).
 
The course training objectives include:Summarize project planning, implementation and assessment requirements for environmental cleanup site activities using the reference materials provided in the course materials.Identify project design management practices for environmental cleanup sites using reference materials and checklists provided.  The reference materials and checklists are from EPA and DoD program documents.Identify project implementation management practices for environmental cleanup sites using the reference materials provided.Identify procedures to acquire technically and legally defensible data using practices to environmental clean-up projects.
 

Course Description:
Background analysis is  aimed at technically differentiating between site-related releases and background conditions.  Such analyses can enhance the efficiency of response actions by focusing risk assessments and remediation on site-related releases.  This course is intended to familiarize the attendees with environmental background analytical procedures, issues, and challenges.  Content includes basic definitions and methodologies associated with background analyses, regulatory requirements, negotiation issues, and case studies. A comprehensively updated course willl be presented in 2019.
 

Course Description:
Develop geospatial thinking skills to support environmental and facilities planning and decision making.  Provide awareness of NAVFAC geospatial standards, processes and available resources including other GIS training.

Target Audience/Personnel Eligible:
NAVFAC and CNIC personnel at all echelons, specifically Program and Project Managers. 

 

Course Description:
This course trains personnel to perform their duties at environmental restoration sites safely and in compliance with Federal Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Operation (HAZWOPER) regulations. The course identifies the requirements for site safety and health plans for investigative and remediation work.The training addresses safety, health, and other hazards potentially encountered at environmental restoration sites and trains personnel to use work practices and personal protective equipment (PPE) to minimize the risks from hazards. This is an Inter-Service Environmental Education Review Board (ISEERB) approved course and meets the initial training requirement for 40-hours of off-site instruction for general site workers as mandated by 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120(e).
 
The Environmental Protection Agency also offers the HAZWOPER 40-Hr Site Workers training on a space available basis. For the most current schedule, please visit:http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=23.
 

Course Description:
HAZWOPER FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE WORKERS-REFRESHER .
 
HAZWOPER For Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Site Workers-Refresher is a eight-hour course that provides personnel who work at, or oversee work at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites with the required annual health and safely information they need to perform their duties safety and in compliance with federal regulation, 29 CFR1910.120(e)(8).  This course addresses safety and other issues potentially encountered at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites including: hazard recognition; toxicology;  air monitoring instruments; selection, use and limitations of respirators and personal protective equipment (PPE); laws and regulations; physical hazards;confined space entry;drum handling; decontamination.
 

Course Description:
The HAZWOPER For Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Site Workers-Refresher on-line course is an eight-hour course that provides personnel who work at/or oversee work at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites with the required annual health and safety information they need to perform their duties safely and in compliance with federal regulation, 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8).
 

Course Description:
This course provides instruction on how to conduct and manage human health risk assessments that are scientifically tenable and defensible, and how to use this information to make risk management actions that are protective of human health and the environment. Basic scientific theory of risk assessment is presented, however, instruction is focused on the efficient oversight and management of risk assessment that is in balance with Department of Navy, regulatory and community requirements and concerns. A working case study is presented to demonstrate the practical application of the instruction.
 

Course Description:
MEC exists on hundreds of thousands of acres of Navy property that may have once been used to manufacture, store, handle, develop and test, transship, or treat munitions.  These sites may now be non-operational ranges, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) property, or even acreage put to another use such as a housing area.  As pressure mounts to remove MEC to allow for re-use, or to make a contaminated site safe for current use, Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) are faced with a new set of requirements, workers, equipment and technology, and an unprecedented level of scrutiny from Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Navy, as well as Federal and State regulators.
 
The full 3-day course is intended to give attendees the fundamentals they will need for munitions response projects, as well as a greater confidence in dealing with MEC contaminants, contractors, and project stakeholders. The course is comprised of classroom instruction as well as practical exercises. Topics include:MEC basics such as how munitions are constructed and how they functionrelevant environmental, DoD, and Navy regulations and policiesroles and responsibilities of agencies and contractors involved with MEC projectsthe various types of detectors and how they function, and how their data is interpreted and usedkey features of an MEC quality assurance and quality control program, including development of relevant data quality objectiveskey elements of an MEC hazard communication/public involvement strategy.
 

Course Description:
This Navy Environmental Restoration Program (NERP) course provides attendees with an overview of the Navy's Hazardous Waste Contaminated Site Clean up Program.
 
This full 3-day course presents discussions on budgetary, legal, technical and management tools necessary to effectively run an environmental restoration program. This course is presented as an overview of 14 topics critical to RPMs, BECs, and EICs being effective in their positions, focusing on ensuring remedial actions are protective, cost-effective, and achieve timely site closeout in accordance with Department of the Navy policy. NERP Topics provide instruction on: Human Health Risk Assessment, Ecological Risk Assessment, Environmental Background Analysis, Munitions Response Site Management, Environmental Negotiation & Risk Communication, CERCLA Legal Issues, Removal Actions, National Oil and Hazardous Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), Optimizing Remedy Selection, and Environmental Data Quality Assurance. Students will also receive valuable insight with a 2 hour NAVFAC HQ update on key issues for the current fiscal year.
 

Course Description:
This class will provide attendees with the necessary tools and information to make remedy selection decisions and achieve site closeout.  The attendees will learn the components of the Record of Decision, Remedial Action Operation (RAO)/Long Term Management (LTMgt) optimization strategies, and site closeout requirements.  Factors such as contaminant and media impacts, transfer mechanisms, applicable technologies and lifecycle design considerations will be emphasized.
 
This course has been comprehensively updated for 2019 and will have three course offerings during FY2019.
 

Course Description:
Mission Statement:
To train personnel on the Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF) Uniform Federal Policy (UFP) for Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs).  To enable personnel to participate as a member of a project team using the UFP-QAPP documents to develop, review, and implement QAPPs that:Are consistent with the UFP,Document the Systematic Planning Process, andSupport the generation/collection of defensible environmental data of known and document quality appropriate for their intended use.