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SECTION C

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FOR

BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICE

(BESS III)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

C.1 INTRODUCTION

C.1.1 Mission C.1.2 Background C.1.3 Objective:

C.1.4 General Information:

C.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C.2.1 Scope of Work

C.3. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

C.3.1 Installation Restoration Program/Military Munitions Response Program

(IRP/MMRP)

C.3.2 Compliance Support C.3.3 Cultural Resources C.3.4 Natural Resources C.3.5 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) C.3.6 Other Environmental Requirements

C.4 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

C.4.1 Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) Related Guidance C.4.2 Health and Safety (H & S) Requirements C.4.3 Quality Management (Quality Assurance/Quality Control) C.4.4 Project Repository/Admin Record C.4.5 Army Environment Data Base – Restoration (AEDB-R), Army Environmental Data Base Compliance clean-up (AEDB-CC) C.4.6 Disposal of Sample Waste C.4.7 Additional Site plans C.4.8 Protection of Property C.4.9 Project Stakeholders C.4.10 Regulatory Involvement C.4.11 Public Participation C.4.12 Deliverable Requirements

C.5 PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

C.5.1 Key Personnel C.5.2 Other Technical Resources – Potential Task Order Personnel C.5.3 Performance Metrics C.5.4 Contractor Personnel and Qualifications

C.6 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

C.6.1 Certification /approval of Milestones and Deliverables C.6.2 Travel C.6.3 Government furnished resources C.6.4 Contractor furnished resources C.6.5 Place of Performance C.6.6 Access and Security C.6.7 Government Rights C.6.8 Stop Work Authority C.6.9 Environmental Responsibility Considerations C.6.10 Organizational Conflicts of Interest C.6.11 Project Management

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment C.1 Acronyms Attachment C.2 Definitions Attachment C.3 Task Order Quality Assurance and Surveillance Plan (QASP) Template

1.0 Overview

Table 1: Performance Ratings Definitions

2.0 Roles and Responsibilities of Army Officials

3.0 Key Milestones/Deliverables to be assessed

4.0 Performance Standards for Key Milestones/Deliverables

Attachment C.4 Minimum Requirements for Data Layers without an Established Quality Assurance Plan (QAP)

C.1 INTRODUCTION

C.1.1 Mission

The Environmental Division is committed to sustaining the military missions at all times at Aberdeen Proving Ground by providing the guidance, actions, and customer assistance necessary to comply with all environmental laws and regulations, prevent pollution where possible, protect and conserve vital natural resources, restore contaminated sites, and continually improve our operations.

C.1.2 Background

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is divided into several geographic entities located in Harford County, Maryland, near the head of the Chesapeake Bay, with two portions of the installation, Carroll Island and Graces Quarters, located in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Harford County areas are Aberdeen Area (APG – North), Edgewood Area (APG – South). The Churchville Test Area is located on MD Route 136 and Harmony Church Road. All the locations require proactive action by APG to conduct operations in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner. All environmental matters at APG are under the guidance of the Chief of the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works. The mission of the Environmental Division is to provide Installation-wide support in maintaining compliance with all applicable Federal and State environmental laws and regulations. In addition to ensuring regulatory compliance, the Environmental Division identifies existing or potential environmental risk and develops initiatives for risk mitigation or risk management with the objectives to enhance and protect APG’s natural, cultural, and archeological resources. The Environmental Division is also responsible for implementation of APG’s Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and Military Munitions Response Program.

C.1.3 Objective: The objective of this effort is to provide basic environmental services to US Army Garrison APG’s Directorate of Public Works - Environmental Division (DPW-ED) and to all tenants supported by DPW-ED in need of environmental services. The funding sources for this acquisition are therefore expected to vary. However, the primary objective remains, regardless of the proponent or funding source, and that is to provide a variety of environmental support services required for APG to achieve its collective missions.

C.1.4 General Information:

This is a non-personal services contract to provide basic environmental technical support services. The Government will not exercise supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

C.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C.2.1 Scope of Work The contractor shall provide a wide range of Environmental Services to include facility maintenance activities or construction and demolition or both to comply with environmental laws and regulations at properties within the control of APG and Garrison Supported Organizations (GSOs). The Contractor shall execute work to meet the objectives/milestones in specific task order performance work statements. The contractor shall perform munitions response activities that may involve the remediation and disposition of Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC), which include Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), Discarded Military Munitions (DMM), and Munitions Constituents (MC). Pursuant to the 2012 Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) Manual, munitions responses will follow the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) process under the Military Munitions Response Program. In addition, the contractor may perform Quantitative Assessments on operational ranges that will provide information necessary to keep the ranges open for training and testing. The contractor may perform investigations to determine if there has been a release of Munitions Constituents of Concern (MCOC) to an off-range area and off-range release of MCOC that may pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. The following MEC related guidance includes but may not be limited to the following:

· UXO, as defined in 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) 101(e)(5); DMM, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(2); or MC, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(3) (Reference (ai)), present in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive hazard.

· MEC distinguishes specific categories of military munitions that may pose unique explosives safety risks. Because MEC being actively managed may be determined to be hazardous wastes, and because some of the activities conducted pursuant to this PWS will take place at a facility listed on the NPL, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Section 1910.120 may apply.

· Per the guidelines set forth in DoDI 4140.62 and Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Technical Paper 18, UXO qualified personnel will be responsible for determining the explosive safety status of all material recovered that may pose an explosive hazard (e.g., Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH)).

Should MEC be encountered during this response, UXO-qualified personnel will evaluate the explosive hazard and remove MEC to include opening detonation in place. This process will be conducted per the CERCLA and the National Contingency Plan (NCP), applicable state and federal regulation, and applicable DoD and United States Army policies and procedures. The programmatic specifications for this acquisition are to be provided on a task order basis. The DoD revised the Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards (DoD 6055.09-STD) (Feb 08) and PWS document must be adhered to in the investigation and remediation of sites with MEC. The specific requirements concerning explosives safety under the active Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) are further clarified in EP-385-1-95b, ER 385-1-95, EM 385-1-97, and EP 385-1-95a. Please refer to Section C.5.2.2 which contains training requirements for Ordnance and Explosive Safety personnel. Examples of the types of environmental subject areas or tasks include the following:

· Air Injection

· Air Quality surveys and/or Emissions Reporting

· Archeological Resources

· Asbestos Abatement

· Asbestos Regulations and Requirements

· Bald Eagle Monitoring and Research

· Bioremediation

· Chemical Oxidation/Ultraviolet (UV) Systems

· Compliance Cleanup (CC) Sites

· Conceptual Site Models for Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), and CC Sites

· Conventional Water Treatment

· Construction

· Cultural Resources

· Data Management

· Debris Removal

· Demolition

· Dredging

· Drinking Water

· Emergency Response related activities

· Endangered Species

· Energy Audit and Compliance

· Engineering including chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, radiological

· Environmental Compliance Assessments/Surveys

· Environmental laws, regulations, and best Management Practices including Department of the Army, Department of Defense, and APG regulations and policies

· Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Support

· Excavation/Soil Management

· Facility Repair and Maintenance

· Geology

· Geotechnical Studies

· Ground Water Assessment and Remediation – such as IRP, MMRP, CC Sites

· Groundwater Extraction/Dewatering – such as IRP, MMRP, CC Sites

· Hazardous Materials Management

· Hazardous Waste Management

· Health Physics support to include the following:

· Radiation Sampling

· Monitoring

· Inspection

· Analysis;

· Training;

· Literature search of historic documents;

· Review of health and safety plans/work plans for radiological remediation efforts;

· Procedure writing;

· Inventory maintenance;

· Quality Control Audits;

· Radioactive waste handling and transport; and

· Other tasks related to the radiation protection program as identified within the specifications of the initiating delivery order(s).

· Establish protocols, and /or schedules and coordinate them with the COR for approval before initiating data collection. Individual task orders will specify reporting requirements.

· Heavy Metal Disposal/Treatment

· Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Management

· Hydrogeology

· Installation Restoration Program (IRP)

· Laboratory Testing

· Landfill Closure And Long-Term Management

· Lead-Based Paint Surveys And Abatement

· Maryland Critical Area Requirements And Compliance

· Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)

· Modeling Including Fate And Transport Analysis

· National Environmental Policy Act

· Natural Attenuation

· Natural Resources

· National Contingency Plan (NCP) Reporting

· Noise

· Occupational Health and Safety

· Pest Control

· Pollution Prevention

· Quality Assurance/Quality Control

· Radiation

· Recovery Operations From Reportable Spills

· Regulatory Analysis For All Task Orders

· Response Action IRP And CC Sites

· Response Action Of Munitions Response Sites

· Response Action Of Radioactive Sites

· Risk Assessments (Human Health And Ecological)

· Sampling and Analysis

· Sediment and Erosion Control Measures

· Slurry Walls/Subsurface Barriers

· Soil Vapor Extraction

· Soil Washing

· Soil/Sludge Stabilization/Solidification

· Solid Waste Management

· Storm Water Management

· Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)

· Surface Water Quality

· Thermal Destruction/Desorption

· Treatment/Disposal Of Investigation-Derived Wastes and Decontamination-Derived Wastes

· Underground Storage Tank Removal/Closure/Replacement

· Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection

· Vapor Intrusion

· Wastewater Management

· Wetlands

C.3. Performance Requirements

C.3.1 Installation Restoration Program/Military Munitions Response Program

(IRP/MMRP).

C.3.1.1 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The United States Army Environmental Command is responsible for cleanup at active/operating installations under the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and the MMRP.

C.3.1.2 Performance Objectives

The level of detail, oversight, approvals, and performance objectives, may vary to meet requirements of individual task orders. The individual task order requirements will be specified in the PWS issued under this multiple award IDIQ contract in accordance with the various environmental subject areas or tasks identified in Section C.2.1.

The Government defines Performance Objectives as statements of a specific desired end result or outcome that are in clear, simple, concise, results-oriented, and measurable terms. The Government defines the completion of a Performance Objective as an outcome that has been 100% completed, approved, and accepted by the approval authority under the individual task orders that meet the objective or interim milestone. For example, submittal of a document for review is not the same as completion of an objective or interim milestone. Only upon the completion, approval, and acceptance will the Government pay for the objective or interim milestone.

C.3.1.3 Installation Restoration Program/Military Munitions Response Program (IRP/MMRP) Task Orders

The Individual task order PWS will typically contain objectives to achieve Remedy-in-Place (RIP) or Response Complete (RC) as defined and used in the DERP Management Manual, number 4715.20, dated 09 March 2012.

The contractor shall attain RIP or RC upon finalizing appropriate documentation from the Government certifying that the response actions conducted at the site have met the identified response action objectives and no further action is necessary, subject to all requirements for Response Action (Operations) [RA(O)] and/or Long Term Management (LTM). The contractor shall note if operations and/or long-term management/monitoring are necessary for the response action. The contractor shall be responsible for the following duration of the individual task order awarded and/or until achievement of Site Closeout (SC) whichever comes first:

a. Performing the required RA(O) at that site for the duration of the task order or until achievement of RC, whichever is first.

b. Performing the required LTM at that site for the duration of the task order or until achievement of SC, whichever is first.

c. Performing all Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) 121(c) or other Remedy reviews required at that site for the duration of the task order.

d. Correcting all deficiencies noted in the CERCLA 121(c) or other response action reviews performed at that site for the duration of the task order, including modifying the existing response action, implementing a contingent response action, modifying the monitoring parameters and or frequency, or other activities deemed necessary to correct the deficiencies.

e. Developing and implementing approved exit/ramp down strategies to reduce the Army’s long-term costs/liabilities associated with the site.

C.3.1.3.1 SITE ASSESSMENT/CHARACTERIZATION/INVESTIGATION

The contractor shall perform investigative services that generally consist of performing field activities to determine site geology and groundwater conditions, contaminant concentration, contaminant migration, survey and mapping, geophysical prove-outs, geophysical system verification (GSV), digital geophysical mapping (DGM) surveys, verification sampling, installation of monitoring wells or other monitoring devices, sampling and analysis, establishing a conceptual site model, chemical testing, and foundation characteristics in order to meet the performance objectives.

C.3.1.3.2 STUDIES AND REPORTS

The contractor shall perform and prepare investigations, surveys, plans, studies, and reports, to meet the performance objectives. The work may include but is not limited to risk assessments, military munitions surveys, Explosives of Concern (MEC) hazard assessments, fate and transport analyses, groundwater modeling or other techniques as necessary to determine the potential risks to human health and the environment and to determine remediation goals. For studies (e.g., Corrective Measures Study (CMS), Remedial Investigation /Feasibility Study (RI/FS), Range Assessment) the contractor shall summarize all known site information and develop, describe and evaluate potential alternatives for response action(s) and cost estimates. In addition, the study shall recommend a preferred alternative with cost estimates. Individual task orders will specify required deliverables.

The following is a discussion of potential MMRP requirements. The Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP) requirements in 32 CFR Section 179 require the DoD to assign each MRS a relative priority for response actions. The initial MRSPP score for MRSs is developed during the Site Investigation (SI) phase. These MRSPP scores must be reviewed annually and must be revised whenever new data are obtained. Pursuant to this requirement, the contractor shall annually review, revise MRSPP scores based on new information, and submit to the Army for MRSs identified in the task order PWS. In addition, the contractor shall also include all information that may have influenced the MRS priority or MRS sequencing decision in the Administrative Record and the Information Repository. Furthermore, the FY02 Defense Authorization Act creating the MMRP requires DoD to develop and maintain an inventory of defense sites that are known or suspected to contain UXO, DMM or MC. Pursuant to this requirement, the contractor shall submit annual updates to the Installation Munitions Response map in PDF format that reflect changes to the location, boundaries and/or extent of the MRSs in the task order PWS.

C.3.1.3.3 SUPPORT OF RESPONSE ACTIONS

The contractor shall provide a variety of engineering services to support response actions to meet the response action objectives (RAOs). These services may include, but are not limited to, the following: structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, geotechnical, geological, civil, environmental, radiological, cost engineering, constructability reviews, military munitions management, and other engineering support services.

The contractor may be required to provide Explosives of Concern/Unexploded Ordnance (MEC/UXO) support during environmental investigations and/or response actions whenever a review of historical information indicates MEC may be present on the site being addressed. The engineering documents shall be representative of industry or Army standards for drawings and specifications or by performance specifications. The copies of all documents produced by the Contractor shall be provided to the Army and become Army property in accordance with individual task order List of Deliverables.

C.3.1.3.4 RESPONSE ACTIONS

The contractor shall perform all necessary fieldwork in order to meet the milestones/objectives stated in the individual awarded task orders. The contractor shall specify and perform all necessary quality controls to include but not limited to verification testing and monitoring, at required frequencies, in order to adequately control and monitor the response action. The response actions may or may not be performed in conjunction with site investigation/characterization activities. The contractor shall perform planning, fieldwork, incidental construction activities, intrusive activities, and implementation of response, removal or remediation activities, which may include, but are not limited to, final disposition of HTRW, low-level radioactive and mixed waste, medical waste, debris, demolition, buried drums, MEC, DMM and MC, Underground Storage Tanks (UST)/Above Ground Storage Tanks (AST), and/or contaminated media.

C.3.1.3.5 MONITORING

The contractor shall be required to provide for monitoring to meet the scope of services/milestone objectives or to provide pre-response action monitoring as a distinct performance objective as stated in the individual task orders. These services may include, but are not limited to the following: groundwater sampling, surface water sampling, sediment sampling, soil sampling, and/or air sampling. All planned suite of analyses must receive prior approval by the Contracting Officer or designee. The contractor shall prepare a report describing the sampling methods/techniques, analyses, results, and recommendations, as required by the individual task order.

C.3.1.3.6 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

The contractor shall operate and maintain the existing systems as defined in the specific PWS of individual awarded task orders. In addition, the contractor shall perform the following requirements, including, but not limited to, sampling, perform and/or arrange for laboratory analyses of samples, perform evaluation and optimization services, provide training for follow-on users in accordance with regulatory requirements contained in the applicable operations and maintenance manuals; and perform necessary associated remedial actions.

C.3.1.4 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, permits and the Federal Facilities Agreement signed between the Army, APG, and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region III (March 1990). In addition, the contractor shall fulfill the objectives of each individual task order awarded in a manner that is consistent with all applicable orders, decrees, or permits, existing cleanup agreements or Army guidance, and relevant Department of Defense (DoD) and Army directives, instructions, protocols, and policies for the duration of each individual task order awarded. The contractor shall perform all the necessary work as specified in individual task orders.

Pursuant to the DERP Management Manual Number 4715.20 dated 9 March 2012, the contractor shall conduct work pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and National Contingency Plan (NCP) requirements, with regulatory coordination of the Maryland Department of the Environment and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). In addition, the contractor shall conduct work pursuant to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) or other applicable or relevant and appropriate regulations when implementing a CERCLA action.

Furthermore, when performing work on sites contaminated or potentially contaminated with MEC, the contractor shall adhere to DOD Manual 6055.09-M, Ammunition and Explosive Safety Standards Criteria for Unexploded Ordnance, Munitions Response, Waste Military Munitions, and Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard; DoD 4145.26-M, DOD Contractor’s Safety Manual For Ammunition and Explosives; Army Regulation 385-10, the Army Safety Program; Department of the Army Pamphlet 385-63, Range Safety; and Department of the Army Pamphlet 385-64, Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards. Work performed for the Operational Range Assessment Program shall comply with the provisions of Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 4715.11, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 4715.14, and DODD 3200.15.

C.3.1.4.1 COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA)

For sites with unregulated contaminants and primarily under the jurisdiction of CERCLA, certain pollutants or contaminants (P/C) may be an issue at sites covered by this contract. Cleanup of P/C may be warranted if the P/C presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare that results in an unacceptable risk for the current and reasonably anticipated future use of the site. P/C, as defined in CERCLA, typically does not have a federally promulgated maximum contaminant limit (MCL). For all such P/C, or all other chemical, that does not have a federally promulgated MCL, but does have a finalized reference dose (FRD) or slope factor listed in USEPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database, that FRD or slope factor shall be incorporated in the NCP risk assessment process. However, responses will not be paid that are not in full compliance with CERCLA, the DERP, and DoD and Army policy. Additionally, state standards will only be analyzed through the CERCLA applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement (ARAR) process.

C.3.1.4.2 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

For sites with unregulated contaminants and primarily under the jurisdiction of RCRA, certain P/C may be an issue at sites covered by this multiple IDIQ contract. The cleanup of P/C may be warranted if the P/C presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare that results in an unacceptable risk, as determined by the government. The P/C typically does not have a federally promulgated MCL. For all such P/C or all other chemical, that does not have a federally promulgated MCL, but does have a finalized RfD or slope factor listed in USEPA's IRIS database, that RfD or slope factor should be incorporated in the risk assessment process. However, responses will not be paid that are not in full compliance with RCRA, the DERP, and DoD and Army policy. Additionally, state standards will only be analyzed through the appropriate statutory analysis for applicable standards and requirements.

C.3.1.5 Types of Services The IRP/MMRP, may include but not limited to, site assessment, site inspection (SI), remedial investigation (RI), site characterization, feasibility study (FS), human health and/or ecological risk assessments, remedial design (RD), response action construction (RAC), proposed plan (PP) record of decision (ROD), remediation of contaminated sites, sampling and analysis, monitoring, response action operations (RA(O)), and long term management (LTM) required to address releases of hazardous substances or pollutants and contaminants, and to correct other environmental damage.

The Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP) requirements in 32 CFR Section 179 require the DoD, in consultation with representatives of the states and Indian tribes, to assign each MRS a relative priority for response actions. The initial MRSPP score for MRSs is developed during the SI phase. These MRSPP scores must be reviewed annually and must be revised whenever new data are obtained. Pursuant to this requirement, the contractor shall annually review, revise MRSPP scores based on new information, and submit to the Army for MRSs identified in the individual task orders awarded PWS. In addition, the Contractor shall also include all information that may have influenced the MRS priority or MRS sequencing decision in the Administrative Record and the Information Repository. Furthermore, the FY02 Defense Authorization Act creating the MMRP requires DoD to develop and maintain an inventory of defense sites that are known or suspected to contain UXO, DMM or MC. The pursuant to this requirement, the contractor shall submit annual updates to the Installation Munitions Response map in PDF format that reflect changes to the location, boundaries and/or extent of the MRSs in the task order PWS.

C.3.2 COMPLIANCE SUPPORT

C.3.2.1 Risk and Performance Objectives

a. The performance objectives and performance standards for each task order will be described in individual task orders. The level of detail, oversight, approvals, and performance objectives, may vary to meet requirements of individual task orders. The Army will use this contract to perform a variety of environmental services at APG.

b. During task order competition, the selected contractors may be asked to propose task performance metrics and milestone billing schedule(s), , The Government will identify specific performance objectives or requirements pursuant to a permit, consent agreement, or other applicable regulations, e.g. Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), A-190 RCRA Permit, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Act (EPCRA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) C.3.2.1.1 Risks

APG provides notice of the following risks that contractors need to be cognizant of that could affect individual task orders awarded under this multiple IDIQ as follows:

C.3.2.1.2 The environmental regulations are rarely performance-based.

C.3.2.1.3 The environmental compliance outcomes are often dependent on regulator decision (for examples, permit application accepted or permit granted) or public input.

C.3.2.1.4 The installation data may not be complete, correct, or up-to-date.

C.3.2.1.5 The real property inventory data, especially for environmental compliance sites, may be incomplete and out of date.

C.3.2.1.6 The Garrison’s environmental inventories and surveys may not keep up with the pace of construction or renovation.

C.3.21.7 The Garrison’s supported organizations do not always coordinate with Directorate of Public Works and the Environmental Division before self-help renovations, implementing new equipment, or fielding new weapons systems.

C.3.2.1.8 Because of accelerated and ambitious schedules, installation master planning changes may affect tasks that are in progress.

C.3.2.1.9 The Secure areas are difficult to visit, inspect, and survey.

C.3.2.1.10 The military tenants are often deployed or otherwise unavailable.

C.3.2.1.11 The military specifications that govern how weapons systems are maintained are designed to ensure performance in all environments and often specify hazardous materials use.

C.3.2.2 Performance Objectives The contractor shall comply with the primary objectives of APG’s environmental compliance programs, which are to comply with all applicable Federal, State laws, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and APG regulations, and permits; implement Executive Orders, Best Management Practices, and regulatory guidance to the maximum extent practicable; and minimize points of compliance through careful planning and coordination with GSOs. Achieving the programmatic performance objectives will sustain the installation by: minimizing or eliminating the environmental impacts to the surrounding community and ecosystems from military training; on-Post housing; facility construction; maintenance, repair, and renovation; and facility operation through regulatory compliance, source reduction, and waste minimization; and minimizing energy and water use. Additional objectives include; maintaining or returning to regulatory compliance; reducing enforcement acts, compliance sites, or compliance cost per unit production (for example gallons of wastewater treated, pounds of hazardous was managed, number of vehicles maintained or number of soldiers trained); reducing hazardous chemical use and release; and anticipating and mitigating environmental impacts of planned actions .

Specific detailed requirements will be set forth in the PWS of individual awarded task orders under this multiple award IDIQ contract.

C.3.2.3 Regulatory Requirements

The contractor shall comply with the regulations for compliance task orders that include CAA, CWA, RCRA, SDWA, EPCRA, Oil Pollution Act of 1990, TSCA, and FIFRA.

In addition, APG has current permit requirements and potential future consent order requirements. The table 1 contains the major environmental laws impacting environmental actions at APG and table 2 contains a list of major APG permits as follows:

Table 2 Major APG Permits

2009-RTH-00965

2011-GWD-2567

2009-GWD-3049

C.3.2.4 Types of Services

3.2.4.1 For Compliance Program Task Orders, the Individual task order PWS will contain objectives to achieve regulatory compliance pursuant to a specific Act, listed in Table 1, achieve compliance to specific permit, i.e. National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), RCRA A-190 Hazardous Waste Permit, and others listed in Table 2, or achieve compliance to a specific plan, e.g. landfill post-closure care plan. The Compliance Program has several categories as discussed below.

3.2.4.2 The first category includes, surveys, inventories, and investigations. Within this category are 2 further subsets of services based on whether or not a permit is driving the action.

3.2.4.3 The common level of services, regardless of the subset, includes but is not limited to: data gathering (includes developing or updating an inventory of installation compliance sites, sampling, and sample analysis); develop management strategies or conceptual designs; prepare, review and update applications/modifications/renewals and prepare, review and update management plans such as Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan; legally required reports such as the EPCRA toxic release inventory; studies for meeting new or existing compliance sites.

C.3.2.5 Permits As specified in the individual task order, the contractor shall complete permit application, revision, and closure for air, water quality, drinking water, waste storage, management, transport, storage tanks, or hazardous material storage. Providing this service may require site visits, personnel interviews, data collection and analysis, draft and final documents, certification by a state registered professional engineer or geologist, and data entry into Army databases.

C.3.2.5.1 The contractor shall provide all data collection and documentation required for applying for, renewing, modifying, and terminating environmental construction and operational permits and registrations.

C.3.2.5.2 The contractor shall provide all sampling and analysis and modeling of emissions, pollution, releases as stated in the permits.

C.3.2.5.3 The contractor shall participate in or conduct public meetings as required for the permitting process.

C.3.2.5.4 The contractor shall create and update permit required management plans and reports in accordance specific task order.

C.3.2.5.5 The contractor shall provide support for facilitating the purchase, exchange, and management of air emissions reduction credits.

C.3.2.5.6 The contractor shall provide technical support of Army environmental staff in meetings with regulators.

C.3.2.6 Non-permit Compliance Services As specified in the individual task order, the contractor shall provide non-permit compliance services. The studies, reports, and plans that are required by Federal, state, regional, local, or Army Regulation, not related to an installation permit may require site visits, personnel interviews, data collection, and analysis, sample collection and analysis, draft and final documents, certification by a state-registered professional engineer or geologist, and data entry into Army data bases. Examples of the service are, but not limited to the following C.3.2.6.1 The contractor shall prepare, review, and update required surveys, inventories, reports, and plans, including air emissions inventories, Air Risk Management Plans, Wellhead Protection Plan, New Source review (air), Installation Spill Contingency plan/Spill Prevention Control Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan; Pest Management Plan, Consumer Confidence reports; National Environmental Policy Act and cumulative impacts tracking as applicable and required, Ozone Depleting Sources (ODS) inventory, regulated facility closure plans, Water system vulnerability assessment and emergency response plan, hazardous waste annual or biennial reports, Army and legally-mandated hazardous waste management and minimization plans.

C.3.2.6.2 The contractor shall complete EPCRA, hazardous substance and toxic chemical release reporting, including threshold evaluations, completing forms, and providing records.

C.3.2.6.3 The contractor shall provide technical expertise to implement and monitor environmental compliance impact mitigation specified in Army NEPA Records of Decision.

C.3.2.6.4 The Environmental Closure Liability (ECL) reporting. The Army must report annually its environmental liability from clean up and clean closure of environmental compliance sites such as permitted and non-permitted hazardous waste facilities, underground storage tanks, buildings with asbestos or PCBs, electroplating facilities, and others. Contractor shall provide this service which may require inventorying ECL sites at the installation, researching clean closure requirements, developing estimated and actual ECL cost per site and updating Army data bases.

C.3.2.6.5 The contractor shall conduct radon, asbestos and PCB surveys of buildings when required by Federal, state, or local regulation. Radon surveys shall require the contractor to conduct site visits, placement and collection of radon detection equipment or devices and documentation of results. Asbestos surveys will require the contractor to conduct visual examination by certified technicians and the use of electron microscopy for detection, if further examination is needed. PCB surveys will require the contractor to conduct sampling and analysis in a laboratory.

C.3.2.7 Site Assessments C.3.2.7.1 The contractor shall conduct site investigations of APG property in preparation for future construction activity. The contractor may be required to record reviews, personnel interviews; surface soil, subsurface soil, soil gas, ground water, surface water, pore water and sediment sampling in accordance with sampling, health and safety, and quality assurance/quality control plans; surveys for unexploded ordnance (UXO) or chemical agent; and documentation of results and recommendations, including entering data into DoD or Army databases to conduct site investigations. In many cases, this work must be coordinated with facility decommissioning and demolition.

C.3.2.7.2 The contractor shall conduct limited preliminary assessment and site investigation of potentially-contaminated sites to determine if site contamination exists at levels that require clean up under RCRA or other Federal, state, or local regulations.

C.3.2.8 Sampling and Analysis Support C.3.2.8.1 The contractor shall provide sampling, analysis, and monitoring for permit and regulatory compliance. The contractor shall sample, monitor, and analyze samples of drinking water, waste water, surface water, storm water, ground water, air emissions, regulated waste, and suspect contaminated media.

C.3.2.9 Environmental Compliance Review

The contractor shall identify environmental impacts of planned actions.

C.3.2.9.1 The contractor shall review Garrison and Tenant organization plans, projects, and activities to identify potential impacts related to environmental regulations. The reviews may include, but not limited to: Garrison master plans; construction or renovation plans and designs; work orders; training exercises; stationing changes; facility policies; Morale, Welfare, and Recreation events; facility changes of land use, and digging permits..

C.3.2.9.2 The contractor shall conduct internal inspections and testing for the garrison. Compliance regulations such as RCRA Subtitle C and I and required plans such as SPCC all require periodic facility or equipment inspections and testing. The inspections and testing require compliance site visits and personnel interviews; and testing may require specialized equipment to be brought on-site. The inspections and tests shall be required to be conducted in accordance with applicable industry standards with documentation of the results and recommended corrective action.

C.3.2.9.3 The contractor shall conduct internal assessments and audits for the garrison. The Army regulations require periodic internal compliance assessments and environmental management system audits. Most Army environmental management systems are in accordance with the ISO 14000 standard. Typically, assessments and audits require compliance site visits and personnel interviews. All require providing the installation with documentation of the inspection or audit findings and recommended corrective action.

C.3.2.9.4. Facility Repair, Maintenance, Construction, Demolition. The contractor shall prepare plans, surveys, characterizations, designs, cost estimates and conduct work as necessary to support the repair, maintenance, construction, or demolition of facilities to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations and permits. Examples include but are not limited to; boiler tune-ups or generator retrofits to comply with Clean Air Act requirements; replacement maintenance and inspections of cross connections to comply with Safe Drinking Water Act requirements, retrofits of storm water ponds and other Best Management Practices to comply with Clean Water Act requirements, maintenance and repair of AST and UST assets to comply with Oil Operation Permit requirements; construction of environmental mitigation sites (e.g. wetlands forestry).

C.3.2.9.5 APG has the following compliance programs that may require the types of support specified above:

· Clean Air Act Program

· Clean Water Act Programs

· Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA),

· Hazardous Waste Program – Permit application, modification, and renewal; preparation of plans including contingency plans, waste analysis plans, closure plans, training plans, etc.; design review and independent registered professional engineering certification; hazardous waste training for generators, permitted facilities, and 90-day sites; Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training; regulatory analysis including the impact of proposed regulations on APG hazardous waste operations; sampling and analysis in accordance with permit requirements for open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) operations; inspections of permitted facilities, less than 90 sites, and satellite accumulation sites.

· Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Program

· Multi-Media Compliance Inspection Program

· Oil Operations Permit Program

· Pollution Prevention Program

· Qualified Recycling Program

· Safe Drinking Water Act Programs (Source Water Protection and Drinking Water Compliance) - water appropriations permits and permit modifications, wellhead protection plans, sampling and analysis of source monitoring water wells;

· Drinking Water Compliance - Provide sampling, laboratory analyses, and technical support for APG’s Drinking Water Compliance Program in accordance with Maryland Department of the Environment regulations and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Collect drinking water samples from specified locations, at specified times, and have them analyzed for specified compounds. Analyze sampling results and prepare reports in accordance with APG instructions by APG-specified time frames. The contractor shall provide input to DPW-ED to ensure compliance is maintained with the Federal Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2) and Federal Stage II Disinfection By-Products Rules by providing guidance, support, and sampling and analysis in accordance with APG specifications. Prepare Consumer Confidence reports in accordance with DPW-ED specified formats and time frames. Coordinate with Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) personnel to collect, sample, and analyze ground water samples at locations throughout the Aberdeen, Edgewood, and Churchville Test Areas and prepare sampling reports in accordance with APG-specified instructions and time frames. Respond to requests for support for drinking-water-related initiatives including regulatory research, development of plans, development of guidance documents, preparation of reports, inspections and audits.

· Solid Waste Program - provide services for sewage sludge sampling and analyses for Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), sample various solid waste streams, conduct methane monitoring of the air at the Phillips Army Airfield landfill and at the Westwood landfills, record water level elevations in each landfill groundwater well; conduct groundwater monitoring.

· Toxic Substance Control Act Program

· Universal Waste Program

C.3.3 CULTURAL RESOURCES

C.3.3.1 Risks and Performance Objectives

This section discusses possible risks that could affect individual awarded task orders, performance objectives, and performance measures. During task order competition, the contractors will be asked to propose task performance metrics and milestone billing schedule(s).

C.3.3.2 Risks

APG provides notice of the following risks that contractors need to be cognizant of that could affect task orders under this PWS:

C.3.3.2.1 The Environmental regulations are rarely performance-based and often quite prescriptive.

C.3.3.2.2 Cultural Resource compliance outcomes are often dependent on regulator decision (for example State Historic Preservation Office negotiated treatment measures) or public input.

C.3.3.2.3 The installation data may not be complete, correct, or up-to-date in all cases.

C.3.3.2.4 The real property inventory data, especially for cultural resources sites, may be incomplete and out of date.

C.3.3.2.5 The Garrison environmental inventories and surveys may not keep up with the pace of construction and renovation.

C.3.3.2.6 The tenants do not always coordinate with Public Works and the Environmental office before self-help renovations, implementing new equipment, or fielding new weapons systems.

C.3.3.2.7 Because of accelerated and ambitious schedules, installation master planning changes may affect tasks that are in progress.

C.3.3.2.8 The secure areas are difficult to visit, inspect, and survey.

C.3.3.2.9 The military tenants are often deployed or otherwise unavailable.

C.3.3.3 The Performance Objectives.

The overall objective of the Army cultural resource program is to sustain our installations by:

C.3.3.3.1 The use of best business practices and innovations to support compliance and advancement of the Army mission and environmental sustainability

C.3.3.3.2 Improving compliance and conservation of cultural resources on installations.

C.3.3.3.3 The maximizing reuse of existing properties

C.3.3.3.3.1 Intermediate program objectives may be:

C.3.3.3.3.2 Maintaining or returning to regulatory compliance

C.3.3.3.3.3 Reducing unanticipated effects on historic properties and impacts to training and construction requirements

C.3.3.3.3.4 Increasing use of programmatic approaches for cultural resource compliance

C.3.3.3.3.5 Anticipating and mitigating the impacts of planned actions on cultural resources.

C.3.3.4 Regulatory Requirements

In accordance with its mission, Garrison APG and GSO’s must comply with Federal, laws including the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (PL 89-665); (NHPA), 36 CFR 61, Appendix A; 36 CFR 79; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190); the Archeological and Historical Protection Act of 1974, as amended (PL 93-291); the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; Executive Order 13007: Indian Sacred Sites; EO 13175 Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR) (http://nnsa.energy.gov/sites/default/files/nnsa/inlinefiles/executive%20order%2013125.pdf); the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA); and all implementing Codified Federal Regulations; and abide by State field methods and standards and guidelines for cultural resources work. In addition, DOD and Army regulations set additional requirements. The contractor shall comply with regulatory requirements set forth in this paragraph.

C.3.3.5 Types of Services

C.3.3.5.1 Survey, Inventory, and Evaluation

C.3.3.5.2 The contractor shall conduct literature Searches. Sufficient studies shall be performed to determine what cultural resources are known or likely to be located within the project or study area and to assess the type, extent, and validity of previous cultural resources studies in or pertinent to the project/study area. The research may include comprehensive library and archival research; interviews with individuals knowledgeable about the history and prehistory of the area; examination of photographs and maps of historic and/or prehistoric sites within the study area; examination or reviews of photographs, professional journals, court records, maps and descriptions of private collections; obtaining copies of site forms and other primary data from national, State, and local repositories, national, State, local or other museums, and other pertinent institutions; preparation of overviews; and the preparation and production of reports summarizing the results of the literature search. The pertinent existing GIS cultural resource databases shall be investigated. The site locations and other data in tabular format shall be collected when it exists.

C.3.3.5.3 The contractor shall provide Predictive Modeling. An existing archeological predictive model shall be used that indicates the probability of encountering an archeological site or component anywhere within the project/study area.

C.3.3.5.4 The contractor shall perform reconnaissance Studies. Sufficient reconnaissance studies shall be performed to predict the number, distribution, types, affiliation, data potential, and probable…