ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090302

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractFailure to comply with conservation laws can directly impact military training by limiting or delaying access to training areas because of potential impacts to archaeological sites, endangered species, or other resources. In the late 1980s, the United States Air Force adopted a compliance‐based approach for managing its environmental program. Compliance with environmental laws and regulations became the basis for prioritizing and funding proposed activities including conservation. The annual environmental budget increased and the number of unresolved regulatory enforcement actions dropped significantly during the 1990s. The compliance‐based approach was designed to respond to laws that specify deadlines or quantitative standards and impose some type of enforcement action for failure to comply. An inherent weakness in the approach is that programs must be faced with noncompliance or the threat of legal action to compete for funding. Conservation laws that address stewardship of natural and cultural resources rarely specify deadlines, quantitative standards, or monitoring for compliance. Therefore, installation commanders have limited flexibility to develop a long‐term stewardship program that supports Air Force readiness training through ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. The purpose of this article is to present and discuss a mission‐based approach to environmental stewardship of natural and cultural re

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090303

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis article describes recent developments undertaken by the Air Force, working in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy, to implement ecosystem management at the three million acre Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (NAFR). The principal focus of those efforts included holding a dialogue facilitated by the Keystone Center which examined long‐range natural resources management strategies for NAFR, the development and presentation of a biodiversity conservation course for military land managers, and the formation of an ecosystem assessment process to establish a scientific foundation for cooperative stewardship within the northeastern portion of the Mojave Desert Ecoregio

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090304

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractHave you ever been sitting at your desk, trying to finish a really important project and you just can't seem to put your fingers on the information (or the person with the information) that you need? Does it seem that what you need is inaccessible because it's an island of information you can't get to, yet all around you are items indicative of the technology and information age we live in? There is a solution to turning the tide of information or data management in your favor, to focus on the value of the information and create an environment that will allow the widest base of communication for it. What is important to recognize is that once you are successful in turning the tide, you must also have the ability to ride the ensuing wave instead of being overcome by it. Too many great visions have become implemented ideas that fail at the first sign of trouble because the foundation wasn't substantive. Information technology implemented without a long‐range plan inclusive of maintenance and technical support is like having frosting without the cake. It looks good at first, but when you bite into it, it has no solid substance to sink your teeth int

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090305

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractManagement Action Plans (MAPs) are documents used to identify and monitor environmental restoration requirements, priorities, schedules, and project funding at Department of Defense (DOD) installations. Each DOD installation with cleanup requirements has a MAP which serves as a consolidated source of information on an installation's past accomplishments, current status, and future strategy through completion of response actions. Regulatory agencies and community stakeholders provide direct input to DOD's environmental restoration program at the installation‐ level through MAP development meetings and a variety of MAP review opportunities. Installation‐specific MAPs are key building blocks for DOD's overall Program Objective Memorandum (POM), environmental restoration program budget, and environmental restoration program Annual Report to Congress. This article highlights recently published DOD MAP requirements and describes the central role that a MAP plays in communicating an installation's overall approach to achieving its environmental restoration go

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090306

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractRACER is the only commercially available, integrated cost estimating software for estimating the costs of environmental remediation projects from studies through system operations and maintenance (O&M). RACER provides the detail and accuracy of manual estimates, but is faster, less error prone, and more efficient in comparing alternatives. RACER has been used in estimating over $10 billion of remediation projects. Its accuracy has proven to be within 10 percent of actual completed project costs. The system currently has over 1,000 users. The software was developed in 1991 and is updated and validated annually. It is endorsed by EPA, DOE, DOD, and many state agencies as a preferred estimating and negotiating tool.

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090307

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe Clean Air Act requires much action by Air Force bases to comply with its many and varied parts. This article discusses the alternatives used at Air Combat Command Air Force bases to avoid the more onerous requirements of the latest air regulations and reduce the probability of inspection and enforcement by regulators. These methods include pollution prevention initiatives, revision of air emissions inventories to incorporate more recent guidance and remove inaccuracies, modification of permits and permit applications to include limits and the cost avoidance and other associated benefits.

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090308

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractSection 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 included significant compliance provisions for facilities to manage chemical process risk. The regulation promulgated by EPA, commonly referred to as the “Risk Management Plan” rule, will require a substantial fiscal, experiential, and human resource investment for installations that are required to comply. Primarily, most military installations that have to comply will do so for water disinfection or propane storage. In addition to regulatory liability, Section 112(r) rules also have a significant public affairs and facility security aspect. This article reviews the regulation to point out compliance challenges and presents methods for reducing or eliminating the need to be subject to the rule by employing safer, smarter business practi

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090309

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe regulatory environment surrounding the application of coatings is growing increasingly challenging. Complying with these regulations has spawned a myriad of new technologies such as waterborne, powder, and (more recently) the use of carbon dioxide for viscosity reduction. The U. S. Army Tank‐Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has sponsored a program under the Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention Program involving the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to develop a lower VOC (volatile organic compounds) Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) using the carbon dioxide process. This complements the waterborne program that is already well into the development phase. The carbon dioxide process not only allows lower VOC coatings to be used, but the decompressive atomization results in improved transfer efficiency, which benefits both overall emissions and potentially the economics of the paint application process. The reduced VOC coating applied using the carbon dioxide process program is in the trial phase and large components have been painted successfully in production facilitie

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090310

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) allows applicants, states, and contractors to prepare environmental assessments (EAs) and environmental impact statements (EISs). However, under all circumstances, the federal official is held fully accountable for the scope, objectivity, content, and accuracy of the NEPA analyses and documents prepared for the agency by others. The commonly used paradigm for contracting requires contractors to conduct the analyses and prepare the documents, with federal involvement primarily limited to review and comment of partially completed deliverables. This approach results in contractors fulfilling inherently governmental responsibilities and often causing conflict, frustration, higher costs, longer execution time, and alternatives which may not meet mission objectives.

ISSN:1048-4078    

DOI:10.1002/ffej.3330090311

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1998

数据来源: WILEY