OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THE DAY IS
IS KATHRYN CABALLERO, HERE FROM
EPA TODAY FROM THE FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
WHICH WE ARE PRIMARILY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT
FEDERAL FACILITIES TAKE ALL
NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR THE
PREVENTION, CONTROL AND
ABATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION.
MISS CABALLERO HAS OVER 25 YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE AS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRACTITIONER
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AFTER PRACTICING ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW AT ARNOLD AND PORTER SHE
JOINED EPA'S OFFICE OF
ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE
ASSURANCE IN 2005, SERVING IN A
NUMBER OF ROLES IN THE WASTE AND
CHEMICAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
AND THE AIR ENFORCEMENT
DIVISION, INCLUDING AS THE AIR
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR.
MISS CABALLERO PREVIOUSLY WORKED
AS A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN
EPA'S DESIGN FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM.
MISS CABALLERO IS THE CO-CHAIR
OF THE DC BAR ENVIRONMENT ENERGY
AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY
STEERING COMMITTEE, AND A
CO-CHAIR OF THE ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENCE LAW
FORUM OF THE WOMEN'S BAR
ASSOCIATION OF DC.
MISS CABALLERO ALSO TEACHES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AS AN ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR OF LAW AT NOTRE DAME.
MISS CABALLERO EARNED A BS IN
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, AND AN
MSE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND A JD
FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW.
I PRESENT TO YOU TODAY MISS
KATHRYN CABALLERO.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREA.
THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME
AND THANK YOU TO LISA AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY ON
SPEAK ABOUT THE WORK OF MY
OFFICE AND THANK YOU TO THE
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
JOSEPH, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE
FIRST SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU A
LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THE WORK
OF MY OFFICE AND AS WE'RE
GETTING OUR SLIDES UP, I'LL TELL
YOU THAT MY OFFICE IS COME
PRIEPSED OF INSPECTORS,
TECHNICAL STAFF INCLUDING ANDREA
WHO YOU JUST SAW AS WELL AS
ATTORNEYS AND PROGRAM ANALYSTS,
AND AS ANDREA SAID, OUR GOAL IS
TO ENSURE THAT OUR SISTER
FEDERAL FACILITIES COMPLY WITH
ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
THERE ARE SEVEN MAJOR STATUTES
THAT MY OFFICE ENFORCES.
THEY ARE SUPERFUND OF COURSE, AS
WELL AS THE CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN
AIR ACT, SAFE DRINKING WATER
ACT, RICRA FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE,
TASCA AND FIFRA.
YOU MAY HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH
OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS OTHER
PROGRAMS OUR OFFICE WORKS ON,
AND I'LL SPEAK TO ALL OF THAT.
SECOND SLIDE, JOSEPH?
I AM NOT SEEING THE SLIDES SO
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE UP.
>> I'LL GET TO THE SECOND SLIDE
SO EVERYBODY SHOULD BE SEEING
IT.
>> OKAY.
WE'RE ON SLIDE TWO?
SO OUR PRIORITY AREAS AT THE
AGENCY ARE THE SAME PRIORITIES
THAT WE HAVE IN THE FEDERAL
FACILITIES ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
SO OUR OVERARCHING PRIORITIES
ARE CLIMATE CHANGE AND VAL
JUSTICE AND WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT
INITIATIVES, NATIONAL
ENFORCEMENT COME APPLIANCES
INITIATIVES AND ALSO WORK QUITE
EXTENSIVELY ON LEAD STRATEGY.
I'LL COVER COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES
WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES AND SPECIFIC
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES TAKEN BY
EPA AND THEN I'LL BRIEFLY
DISCUSS OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW
WE WORK WITH OUR STATES AND
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, MANY OF
YOU MAY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
YOUR STATE PARTNERS AND THE
STATES ARE THE FIRST LINE FOR
MUCH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULAR RAITION AND
ENFORCEMENT -- REGULATION AND
ENFORCEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO FIRST LET ME SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT MY OFFICE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO OUR PRIMARY GOAL AS I
MENTIONED IS TO IMPROVE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND
APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT AND
PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES WITH OUR ROLE OF
PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT OUR SECONDARY GOAL IS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL AND I
WANT TO FLAG IT HERE TODAY
BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR US
TO ASK THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO
COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
COMPLEX AS THEY ARE, WITHOUT OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS DOING THE SAME.
DWEE SEE NONCOMPLIANCE, OFTEN
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE IN THE
FEDERAL SECTOR, WHICH I'LL SPEAK
ABOUT TODAY. SO WE DO ASK YOU
TO DO YOUR BEST TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE, TO SET THAT EXAMPLE FOR
THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND THEN ALL
BOTH THE FEDERAL UNIVERSE AND
THE PRIVATE UNIVERSE HAVE A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
SO IN CASE YOU WONDERED A LITTLE
BIT OR ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, FEDERAL
FACILITIES MUST COMPLY WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN THE SAME
MANNER AND EXTENT AS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
12088, THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES
MUST COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL,
STATE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS BUT ALSO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL
STATUTES WAVE SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY.
CONGRESS RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO FULLY COMPLY
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
BY INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES, THAT
INCLUDE GOVERNMENT IN THE
DEFINITION OF PERSONS AND WAIV
HE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN
LANGUAGE OF SPECIFIC STATUTES
THEMSELVES.
LET ME GIVE EXAMPLE OF THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE WE HAVE JUST FOR AWARENESS,
SOME OF THE ACTUAL PROVISIONS OF
SUPERFUND 120, YOU CAN SEE IT
HIGHLIGHTED HERE THAT FEDERAL
FACILITIES, FEDERAL AGENCIES
MUST COMPLY IN THE SAME MANNER
AND SAME EXTENT AS THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND WE VERY SIMILAR HERE
IN RCRA, DPRURND WASTE AND CLEAN
AIR ACT.
AS I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU
YOU'RE PROBABLY ALSO THINKING
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURE OF
EPA AND WHO YOU MAY INTERACTED
WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
MOST OF YOU LIKELY WORK DIRECT
WELL OUR REGIONAL OFSZ AND DURGT
LAST ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS A
REORGANIZATION OF OUR REGIONAL
OFFICES AND NOW THEY ARE ALL
FAIRLY IDENTICAL, YOU MAY
PRIMARILY INTERACTED WITH THE
ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE
ASSURANCE DIVISION DIRECTORS AND
THE INDIVIDUALS WORKING FOR THEM
IN ENFORCEMENT.
THEY WORK IN PARALLEL WITH RCRA
AND THEY HAVE STAFF IN THEIR
OFFICES THAT ALSO WORK ON
FEDERAL FACILITY ISSUES.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM SO WE
CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND
ENSURE NATIONAL CONSISTENCY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO NOW I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT
PRIORITIES BOTH FOR THE AGENCY
AND THEN FOR MY OFFICE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
FISCAL YEAR 22 THROUGH 26 AND
I'LL GO RIGHT TO THAT NEXT PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC
PLAN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT GOALS.
GOAL ONE IS NEW TO US FOR THE
STRATEGIC PLAN, TO TACKLE THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
THAT'S FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON
THAT GOAL BUT ALL OF THESE GOALS
WORK INTO GOAL THREE WHICH IS
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF MY OFFICE,
ENFORCELY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND
ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE VERY
FOCUSED ON GOAL TWO, TAKE
DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL
RIGHTS.
SO THIS IS THE FIVE-YEAR
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR
22 THROUGH 26.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
IN THIS PLAN SO THAT IT CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED.
IF YOU GO TO EPA'S WEBSITE YOU
CAN SEE THE NATIONAL PROGRAM
GUIDANCE FOR MY UMBRELLA OFFICE,
THE OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE, AS TO HOW
WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC
PLAN AND AS A NATIONAL PROGRAM
MANAGER WE'RE THE NATIONAL
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT, THERE ARE
SPECIFIC GOALS IN THAT PLAN TO
IMPLEMENT THIS OVERALL STRATEGIC
PLAN.
SO IF YOU AS I SAID GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PLAN FOR
FEDERAL FACILITY ENFORCEMENT.
THEY INCLUDE FOCUSING RESOURCES
ON THE NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES, WHICH
WE'LL GET TO SHORTLY AND OTHER
PRIORITY AREAS, WORKING WITH
STATES, TERRITORIAL, TRIBAL AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SAYS TO ADDRESS
NONCOMPLIANCE AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES, TO TAKE TIMELY AND
APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
TO ADDRESS AND DETER
NONCOMPLIANCE AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES, CERCLA, TO ADDRESS
FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH EMERGING
CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS PFAS AND
PARTNER 1K3 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
ACROSS THE FEDERAL FAMILY TO
ADDRESS COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE
AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC COMPONENT
FOR FEDERAL FACILITY
ENFORCEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THESE ARE OUR NEW, RELATIVELY
NEW NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT
COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES.
WE ANNOUNCED THESE ON A FOUR
YEAR CYCLE.
THEY ARE INTENDED TO FOCUS ON
OUR RESOURCES, ON SERIOUS AND
WIDESPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS WHERE FEDERAL
ENFORCEMENT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WE CONSIDER ALL OF THESE
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES WHEN WE
TARGET INSPECTIONS OR PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE IS BAKED INTO EACH ONE
OF THESE.
WE ARE CONSIDERING IN EACH ONE
OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE CAN
BETTER PRIORITIZE COMMUNITIES
THAT MAY BE OVERBURDENED WITH
POLLUTION AND I'LL SPEAK MORE TO
THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT THESE ARE THE SIX FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH 27 CYCLE
AND THEY WERE ANNOUNCED THIS
PAST OCTOBER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THERE WERE SEVERAL PRIORITIES
THAT CONTINUED FOR THIS CYCLE
THAT HAD BEEN PART OF THE LAST
CYCLE OF NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT
AND COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES.
THE TWO THAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO ARE TWO THAT WE ARE
HEAVILY FOCUSED ON IN FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT.
ONE IS INCREASING COMPLIANCE
WITH DRINKING WATER STANDARDS,
AND ANOTHER IS THE CHEMICAL
ACTION RISK REDUCTION OR YOU MAY
KNOW IT APPEARS THE CLEAN AIR
ACT 112R PROGRAM.
IN THE FIRST PRIORITY OF
REDUCING NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, THIS
IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY WATER
SYSTEMS.
IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON
REDUCING HEALTH BASED
VIOLATIONS, BUT WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT MONITORING AND
REPORTING VIOLATIONS.
SO YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE THE
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS ARE
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT
SERVICE AT LEAST FIFTEEN SERVICE
CONNECTIONS AND THAT ARE USED
YEAR AROUND OR REGULARLY SERVE
25 YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS.
WE USE OUR ENFORCEMENT TARGETING
TOOL TO IDENTIFY SYSTEMS WITH
VIOLATIONS AND THESE ARE
VIOLATIONS OF THE SAFE WATER
DRINK -- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
AND WE IDENTIFY PRIORITY
SYSTEMS.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN SENDING OUT
BIEN YUL LETTERS TO OTHER
FEDERAL -- BIENNIAL LETTERS TO
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES LISTING
VIOLATIONS.
YOU MAY SEE LETTERS FROM US
IDENTIFYING THE ETT ISSUES.
AND THOSE ARE AS I SAID FROM THE
ENFORCEMENT TARGETING TOOL.
OUR INTENT IN SENDING YOU THESE
LETTERS IS TO PROVIDE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
WATER SYSTEMS EARLY ON WITHOUT
THE NEED FOR FORMAL ENFORCEMENT
FROM MY OFFICE.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE TRENDS AND THE TYPES OF
VIOLATIONS THAT MAY BE IN OUR
REPORTING SYSTEM SO YOU CAN
ADDRESS SYSTEM ABILITY ISSUES.
THIS REPORTING ALSO HELPS OUR
OFFICE TO MONITOR PUBLIC WATER
SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN CHRONIC
NONCOMPLIANCE.
SO THAT'S THE FOCUS OF
INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
DRINKING WATERED STANDARDS AND
MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF
THIS NECI BECAUSE IT IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE LAST CYCLE.
ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE'RE HEAVILY
INVOLVED IS THE CHEMICAL ACTION
RISK REDUCTION CLEAN AIR ACTED
IS 12R NECI, THE GOAL IS TO
REDUCE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT BY DECREASING RISK
OF CHEMICAL ACTIONS AT OUR 112R
FACILITIES, FACILITIES THAT MAKE
AND USE AND STORE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, WE ARE
INCREASING ARE OUR INSPECTIONS
IN THESE AREAS AND ENSURING THAT
THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HAS
BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR WE'LL BE
DOING CLEAN AIR ACT 112R
INSPECTIONS IN ORDER TO
IMPLEMENT THIS NECI.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE NEW INITIATIVES FOR THIS
CYCLE OF NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT
CLIENT INITIATIVES ARE
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ADDRESSING EXPOSURE TO PFAS, TWO
AREAS WHERE WE AS A FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT ARE HEAVILY
INVOLVED.
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE IS
EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT
BE, IT'S FOCUSED ON REDUCING
METHANE EMISSIONS FROM MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT SOURCES AS WELL AS
REDUCING EMISSIONS OF
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS.
OUR PARTNERS AT THE AGENCY ARE
PRIMARILY WORKING ON EFFORTS
SUCH AS ILLEGAL IMPORT
PRODUCTION USE AND SALE OF
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS, YOU MAY HAVE
SEEN A RECENT CRIMINAL ACTION AT
OUR BORDER WITH MEXICO REGARDING
IMPORTATION OF HFC'S, THOSE ARE
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
AMERICAN INNOVATION AND
MANUFACTURING ACT OF 2020, THE
AIM ACTED AND COLLEAGUES AT THE
AGENCY ARE FOCUSED ON EXCESS
METHANE EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES
SUCH AS OIL AND GAS EMISSIONS.
FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES WE ARE
PRIMARILY FOCUS ODD MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LAFNED FILLS, MOST
LANDFILLS LEAK METHANE, TR
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
MANY OF YOU ARE INTERACTING WITH
US IN 245 MANNER, WE ARE FOCUSED
ON IDENTIFYING THE FEDERAL
LANDFILLS AND IDENTIFYING
WHETHER THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT 4R57BD
FILL REGULATIONS -- LANDFILL
REGULATIONS.
FOR ADDRESSING EXPOSURE TO PFAS,
VERY CHALLENGING AT NECI BECAUSE
OF THE EXTENSIVE NATURE OF PFAS
CONTAMINATION FROM A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT FEDERAL FACILITIES, WE
KNOW OF AT LEAST 800 FACILITIES
WITH PFAS CONTAMINATION.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT PFAS CONTAMINATION.
SO THE GOAL OF THIS NECI IS TO
CHARACTERIZE ACTIVITIES AND TO
CONTROL ACTIVITIES AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
WHERE THERE ARE FEDERAL FACILITY
AGREEMENTS AT SERK LA -- CECCLA
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE
AGREEMENTS.
THERE ARE ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER
OF FEDERAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE
NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST
DESIGNATION SO WE'RE ALSO
FOCUSED ON OTHER AREAS.
WE ARE USING OUR AUTHORITIES
UNDER SUPERFUND, RCRA, CLEAN AIR
ACT, SAFE WATER DRINKING ACT TO
IDENTIFY PFAS CONTAMINATION AT
FEDERAL FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED WITH OFFBASE THAT MAY
IMPACT DRINKING WALTER SUPPLIES
OF THOSE LIVING NEAR THE BASE,
PARTICULARLY THE PRIVATE
DRINKING WATER WELLS.
WE ARE VERY FOCUSED IN
ADDRESSING SUBSTANTIAL
ENDANGERMENT SITUATIONS NEAR AND
AT FEDERAL FACILITIES INVOLVING
PFAS CONTAMINATION, QUITE A BIT
ON OUR RADAR GIVEN EXTENSIVE
CONTAMINATION P FAS FROM
FACILITIES.
800 KNOWN WITH PFAS, MANY
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WITH ON
AND OFF BASE PFAS CONTAMINATION,
SO WE ARE ENGAGED IN FREQUENT
ENGAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS TO
ENCOURAGE OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
TO TIMELY RESPOND TO THE KNOWN
PFAS CONTAMINATION.
AGAIN, OUR FOCUS IS DRINKING
WATER AT THIS TIME, AND ENSURING
THAT THOSE WHO MAY BE DRINKING
WATER CONTAMINATED WITH PFAS
HAVE ALTERNATE WATER PROVIDED TO
THEM.
SO MY OFFICE IS ENGAGED IN
QUARTERLY INVESTIGATIONS OF
PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELLS
THAT ARE LOCATED NEAR MILITARY
BASES AND TO ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CIRNZ.
WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON AS NEEDED
ISSUANCE OF SAFE DRINK WATER
1431 EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR
THREATS TO DRINKING WALTER, 1K3
703 ORDERS ARE ALSO ANOTHER
TOOL.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE FEDERAL
FACILITY AGREEMENTS AT NPL SITES
WHERE PFAS RESPONSE ACTIONS ARE
POSSIBLE DUE TO POLLUTANT AND
CAM NABT LANGUAGE IF THESE
AGREEMENTS.
WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR THE
CERCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
DESIGNATIONS RULE HERE.
FEDERAL AGREEMENTS ALREADY
ADDRESS PFAS.
NEXT SLIDE.
MOVING ON FROM PFAS TO ANOTHER
AREA FROM MY OFFICE WHERE WE'RE
VERY SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED WE
ARE IMPLEMENTING THE AGENCY'S
LEAD STRATEGY TO REDUCE EXPOSURE
PARTICULARLY OF CHILDREN TO
LEAD.
THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD
FOR CHILDREN.
WE'RE FOIKSED ON CHILDREN AND
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IN THIS
PRIORITY IS TO REDUCE LEAD-BASED
PAINT EXPOSURE IN PRIVATIZED
MILITARY HOUSING.
THE PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSE SG
A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTFOLIO AND
OUR FOCUS HERE IS TO PROTECT
SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
THERE ARE ABOUT 180,000 FAMILIES
AND 215,000 CHILDREN RESIDING IN
PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING
NATIONALLY SO IT'S A VERY
SIGNIFICANT PORTFOLIO, AND AS I
SAID, WE WANT TO PRCT OUR
SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES FROM EXPOSURE TO LEAD
CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL
AGENCY LEAD STRATEGY.
TO DO SO, WE ARE ENGAGING IN
STANDARD ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
THIS PAST YEAR WE ISSUED
NATIONAL SUBPOENAS AND
ENFORCEMENT REQUEST LETTERS TO
ADDRESS COMPLIANCE WITH TOXIC
SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT OF FIVE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
THAT MANAGE 70% PRE1978 PRIVATE
MILITARY HOUSING WHERE WE THINK
THE LEAD PAINT MAY BE AND COULD
BE DISTURBED, 37,000 UNITS
APPROXIMATELY, MY OFFICE HEAVILY
INVOLVED.
OUR FOCUS HERE IS TO PROTECT OUR
MILITARY FAMILIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO HOW DO WE INCORPORATE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTO OUR
WORK?
WE FIRST LOOK TO SEE WHETHER
WE'RE DOING REGULATORY
ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE STATUTES
WHERE WE CONDUCT INSPECTIONS OR
CERCLA ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIAL
ENFORCEMENT.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 14008 CALLS ON
EPA TO STRENGTH EN OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT IN MY
UMBRELLA OFFICE, FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT OFFICE,
ISSUED BY MY UMBRELLA OFFICE TO
ADDRESS HOW TO DO THIS.
HOW DO WE INCORPORATE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN OUR
WORK?
WE INCREASE OUR INSPECTIONS IN
OVERBURDENED AREAS, FIGURE OUT
WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE BY USING
OUR EJ SCREEN TOOL, IF URNTD
FAMILIAR, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE
AND YOU CAN WORK WITH THE TOOL
TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE
THOSE COMMUNITIES R WE LOOK FOR
REMEDIES WITH VERY TANGIBLE
BENEFITS, THOSE THAT CAN BENEFIT
THE COMMUNITY LIVING NEARBY.
SOME OF THOSE REMEDIES CAN
INCLUDE MONITORING BS MONITORING
AT THE FENCE LINE, FENCE LINE
MONITORS, WE CAN DO AUDITS,
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY
VERIFICATIONS.
WE CAN ENSURE ELECTRONIC
REPORTING AND WE CAN ENSURE THAT
COMPLIANCE DATA IS AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC FOR THE SITES WHERE
WE ARE DOING OUR WORK.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO INCREASE
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC
GREATER ACCESS TO OUR COMPLIANCE
DATA SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND MPG THE RISKS IN
THEIR COMMUNITY -- MANAGE THE
RISKS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
HELPS US TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE
AT LOCAL FACILITY, WE'RE TRYING
TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITIES
THAT SURROUND SOME OF THESE
FACILITIES, ALL PART OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND REGULATORY
ENFORCEMENT AGAIN REGULATORY
ENFORCEMENT IS UNDER OUR MAJOR
STATUTES THAT INVOLVE -- THAT
HAVE REGULATIONS, SO WE'RE
SECIALTLY TALKING ABOUT THE
CLEAN -- ESSENTIALLY TALKING
ABOUT THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SAFE
WATER ACT, SAFE DRINKING WATER
ACT, TOSCA AND RCRA.
THE OTHER AREA WE ARE MAKING
SURE WE MEET OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE GOALS IS UNDER SUPERFUND
OR CERCLA, FOLLOWING MEMOS
ISSUED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION TO
CLEAN UP ENFORCEMENT.
THESE POINTS FOR WORK IN THE
AREA, WE WANT EARLY CLEANUP
ACTION SO WE MINIMIZE THE SPREAD
OF THE CONTAMINATION AND TAKE
ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE
CONTAMINATION, SO WE N SURE
PROMPT CLEANUP ACTIONS BY
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, WE WANT TO
USE THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT
INSTRUMENTS AND HAVE OVERSIGHT
OF THOSE ENFORCEMENT
INSTRUMENTS, SO THAT WE ARE
DOING THE WORK THAT WE INTEND TO
DO.
AS WE ARE FOR REGULATORY
ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING TRUST AND
CAPACITY THROUGH COMMUNITY EN
GAINMENT AND THEN AS I'M
MENTIONING ON ENFORCEMENT
ISSUES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE RIGHT ENFORCEMENT
INSTRUMENT FOR THE RIGHT
SITUATION.
SO THIS IS OUR WORK UNDER CERCLA
PRIMARILY FOR US IN FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCEMENT FOCUS ON
OUR SUPERFUND SITES ON THE NPL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT
175 FEDERAL NATIONAL PRIORITIES
LIST SITES, ONLY TEN PERCENT OF
THE OVERALL UNIVERSE OF NATIONAL
SITES, BUT IN OUR SITUATION,
WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THESE TEND
TO BE THE MORE COMPLEX AND
LARGER FACILITIES THAN IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
OVER 41 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
OPERABLE UNITS IN THE SUPERFUND
PROGRAM ARE FEDERAL FACILITIES
SITES AND THEY REPRESENT VERY
CHALLENGING CLEANUP SITUATIONS
GIVEN HOW THESE SITES MAY HAVE
BEEN USE #-D IN THE PAST IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. SO
THESE FEDERAL FACILITY SUPERFUND
SITES ARE AMONG THE LARGEST IN
OUR PROGRAMS, WE'RE HEAVILY
FOCUSED ON THEM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WHAT WE'RE PRIMARILY FOCUSED
ON HERE IS IF YOU CAN RESOLVE
ELEVATED DISPUTES QUICKLY, WE
BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MORE
APPROPRIATELY AND QUICKLY HANDLE
HOW THIS SITE IS BEING REMOOD
YAITD.
SO FEDERAL FACILITY AGREEMENTS
ARE IN PLACE AT EACH ONE OF THE
NPL SITES.
THEY GOVERN THE CLEANUP OF THE
FEDERAL SITES, THEY CONTAIN A
CLAUSE THAT SPECIFIES HOW
DISPUTE RESOLUTION WILL OCCUR IN
THE EVENT OF A DISAGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
MY OFFICE IS THE LEAD
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE FOR THE
FEDERAL FACILITIES SITES
DISPUTES AND THEY'RE AN
ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION OF THE
FEDERAL FACILITY ACT, THE
OVERARCHING DREEMENT DOCUMENTS.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR REGIONS
AND WITH OUR STATES WHO ARE
PARTY TO THESE AGREEMENTS ON
THESE DISPUTES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WE TRACK ALL THESE DISPUTES.
WE TRACK AND WE ARE TRACKED ON
THESE DISPUTES BECAUSE IF THE
DISPUTES ARE NOT TIMELY RESOLVED
OR ELEVATED, THEN THE SITES ARE
NOT CLEANED UP AS QUICKLY AS
THEY SHOULD BE.
SO WE TRACK ALL DISPUTES IN OUR
REGIONS AT THESE -- AS A RESULT
OF THESE FEDERAL FACILITY
AGREEMENTS, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY
ENGAGING WITH DISPUTES THAT
IMPACT COMMUNITIES WITH
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CONCERNS.
WE ARE AWARE THAT ALL.
DISPUTES THAT WE TRACKED IN THE
LAST YEAR WERE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMUNITIES, SO 100% OF
OUR WORK THERE WAS FOCUSED ON
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING
DISPUTES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
TIMELY RESOLVED OR ELEVATED TO
MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY CLEAN UP
THESE SITES AIF HE CANNING
COMMUNITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE CONCERNS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU
SOME NUMBERS ABOUT FEDERAL
FACILITY ENFORCE EXPMENT OUR
WORK IN THE LAST -- ENFORCEMENT
AND OUR WORK IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SINCE 2015 WE'VE INITIAL
KWR5EU9D ABOUT 200 INFORMAL
RESULT MENTD ACTIONS RESULTING
IN A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION IN
PENALTIES, PIE CHART WHERE WE
HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS.
61% WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE FACILITIES, ABOUT 8% THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ABOUT 7%
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR, VA HAD ABOUT 5%,
MOSTLY RCRA CASES AND EVERYONE
ELSE IS IN THE 18% SO WE TAKE
OUR OBLIGATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY,
1K3 WE ARE IN FORMAL -- WHERE
INFORMAL EFFORTS FAIL, WE TURN
TO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
AND ONE WAY WE ARE VERY FOCUSED
ON COMPLIANCE IS THROUGH
INSPECTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE'VE INCREASED OUR
INSPECTIONS OF FEDERAL
FACILITIES BY ABOUT 50% SINCE
THE PRIOR YEAR, AND WE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE A
NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS TREND
WILL INCREASE, GIVEN THESE
RECENT INSPECTORS AND TECHNICAL
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE HIRED AND
WILL BE CERTIFIED TO DO
INSPECTIONS, BUT WE DID ABOUT
252 INSPECTIONS AT FEDERAL
FACILITIES WITH OUR REGIONAL
PARTNERS IN THE LAST YEAR.
OF COURSE, THE STATES ALSO
INSPECT THE FEDERAL FACILITIES,
SO YOU MAY HAVE FEDERAL FACILITY
INSPECTOR FROM EITHER
HEADQUARTERS OR THE REGION OR
ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS OR YOU
MAY HAVE A STATE INSPECTOR AT
YOUR FACILITY BUT WE FEEL IT'S
IMPORTANT TO INSPECT THESE
FACILITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS TO
ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, STATES ARE
IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN OUR
EFFORTS TO ENSURE FEDERAL
FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STATING
AND THE TRIBES THAT ARE
IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND
AUTHORIZED STATES ARE OFTEN YOUR
FIRST LINE REGULATORS, SO THAT'S
WHO YOU MIGHT SEE AT YOUR
FACILITY FOR PARTICULARLY
CHALLENGING ISSUES WE MIGHT BE
INVOLVED IN AND IN SOME
PARTICULAR SITUATIONS WE'RE ALSO
WORKING TOGETHER.
AT ALL TIMES, HOWEVER, EPA
RETAINS CONCURRENT AUTHORITY FOR
COMPLIANCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FEDERAL
AGENCIES ON IDENTIFYING
COMPLIANCE ISSUES IN AREAS OF
CONCERN, WE DO PROVIDE SOME
COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE AS
APPROPRIATE, 1K3 WE FACILITATE
COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE WHERE
NEEDED.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO IMPLEMENT
THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES
AS I JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU IN
THE NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES AND WEB
STRATEGY AS WELL AS THE OVERALL
STRATEGIC PLAN.
LASTLY, LAST SLIDE.
MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS
POSTED ON FED CENTER.
MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
FED CENTER AS A RESOURCE, SO I'M
SURE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE
AND USE THEIR RESOURCES TO HELP
YOU WITH YOUR COMPLIANCE
ASSISTANCE EFFORTS.
WE APPRECIATE THIS WONDERFUL
RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE TO FIND
THE LATEST NEED IN THE FEDERAL
FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL
ENFORCEMENT WORLD, AND THERE ARE
SECTIONS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND PFAS CONTAMINANTS ON
FED CENTER AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE AT
THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM FOR INVITING ME TO
SPEAK WITH OUR WORK TODAY.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH
OUT TO ME OR THOSE IN MY OFFICE,
OUR FIRST GOAL IS THAT YOU
COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
THROUGH YOUR OWN EFFORTS, BUT IF
THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, OUR
FUNCTION IS TO CONDUCT
INSPECTIONS AND FOLLOW UP WITH
COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS.
OUR SPRERCHES FOR YOU TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE -- OUR SPRERCHES FOR YOU
TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AS A FEDERAL
PARTNER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE
SEVEN STATUTES AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS AND WE HOPE YOU WILL
TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY SO WE CAN
ALL MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION AND MINIMIZE IMPACT OF
POLLUTION ON SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS 12?
>> YES, WE HAVE A QUESTION.
HOW OFTEN ARE FEDERAL FACILITY
ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS UPDATED?
>> THEY'RE NOT UPDATED VERY
OFTEN.
SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE OLD, BUT
IN GENERAL, THE TERMS OF THE
AGREEMENT GOVERN ALL DISPUTES
THAT MAY PERTAIN TO SITE
CLEANUP, SO DISPUTE RESOLUTION
IS WHERE YOU WOULD GO IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE
AGREEMENTS.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
IN THE COUNT OF FEDERAL FACILITY
INSPECTIONS, DOES THAT INCLUDE
THE STATE AGENCY VISITS OR JUST
THE EPA AND EPA CONTRACTOR SITE
INSPECTIONS?
>> NAS A GREAT QUESTION.
THOSE ARE ONLY THE FEDERAL
INSPECTIONS, NOT THE STATE
INSPECTIONS.
AND FRANKLY, WE'RE PROBABLY
ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF THE
UNIVERSE AND THE STATES HAVE
ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF THE
UNIVERSE.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF
THE FEDERAL FACILITY AGREEMENTS
BECAUSE I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
CAN ARE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
AGENCIES INCLUDED IN THOSE
FIGURES?
>> WHICH FIGURES, LISA?
>> IN THE INSPECTION FIGURES.
>> SO THE INSPECTIONS ARE
PHYSICAL LOCATIONS, SO PERHAPS
EQUIPMENT STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
UNIT WHICH CONGRESS REQUIRES
THAT WE DO EACH YEAR THAT TYPE
OF INSPECTION UNDER RCRA.
BUT THE FEDERAL FACILITY
AGREEMENTS, THOSE ARE UNDER
CERCLA, WE DON'T CONDUCT
INSPECTIONS UNDER CERCLA BUT WE
DO WORK TO ENSURE THE TERMS OF
THE FEDERAL FACILITY ARE MET.
YOU MIGHT BE IN THE REGULATORY
UNIVERSE WHERE THE INSPECTION IS
TARGETED TO THE PHYSICAL
FACILITY OR THERE MAY BE
OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THE TERMS
ARE MET FOR THE OVER 175 NPL
SITES.
I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
>> YOU 100% DID.
I VERY MUCH ENJOYED YOUR TALK.
I ALWAYS ENJOY WHEN WE GET TO
HEAR FROM EPA AND DEFINITELY
FEDERAL FACILITY ENFORCEMENT, SO
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
ANDRE A I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
START WITH OUR NEXT SPEAKER SO
WE DON'T GET TOO FAR BEHIND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, KATHRYN.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MR. TIMOTHY JIGGENS, HIS TALK
WILL BE ON COMPREHENSIVE
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AT A
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSE PROGRAM
PROGRAMMATICALLY DECENTRALIZED
AGENCY.
MR. JIGGENS IS ASSIGNED IT THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF LABORATORY SAFETY
WHERE HE PROTECT THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF 18,000 FDA EMPLOYEES
AT OVER 200 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES, CHINA, INDIA,
EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND
LATIN AMERICA.
THE CAPT JIGGENS PRIOR
ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE FDA
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER, FEDERAL
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN SAN
FRANCISCO, CAL CACIALTION OFFICE
OF THE SURGEON -- CALIFORNIA,
OFFICE OF OF THE JUNIOR GENERAL,
OFFICE OF RESERVE AFFAIRS,
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IN
HONOLULU, HAWAII, CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL, NATIONAL CENTER
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND CDC'S
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
IN CINCINNATI, OHIO.
HE IS REGISTERED -- HE IS A
REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SPECIALIST AND CERTIFIED
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST AND IS
CURRENTLY THE CHIEF PROFESSIONAL
OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH CATEGORY.
LET'S WELCOME MR. JIGGENS AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR TALK TODAY.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
IT'S CAPTAIN JIGGENS, I BELIEVE.
THAT WAS MY MISTAKE, ANDREA.
I APOLOGIZE, CAPTAIN JIGGENS.
>> I'M CAPTAIN JIGGENS, IF
YOU'RE NOT IN UNIFORM, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO CALL ME TIM.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FF --
THE FFS TO PRESENT.
I TRUST YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME AND
SEE MY SLIDES AND NOT MY NOTES?
12K3W4>> YES.
AFFIRMATIVE.
>> THEN EXCUSE ME, I SUFFERED A
TEAMS UPDATE JUST A COUPLE DAYS
AGO SINCE OUR TECH CHECK.
THERE WE ARE.
SO TO BEGIN WITH, I WOULD LIKE
TO ENSURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THIS
AGENCY.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T UNTIL I WAS
SIGNED HERE.
THE FDA PROTECT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH BY REGULATING HUMAN AND
DRUGS, VACCINES, MEDICAL
DEVICES, FOOD SUPPLY, COS MET
IKS, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS,
RADIATION EMITTING EXPRUCTS
TOBACCO PRODUCTS, THAT'S OVER
$2 TRILLION WORTH OF FOOD AND
TOBACCO AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS,
IT'S ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY $7
THAT THE U.S. CONSUMERS SPEND OR
IMPORT OR EXPORT, ANY WAY YOU
SLICE IT, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
PIECE OF OUR ECONOMY.
THIS INCLUDES OVER 300,000
RESTAURANT FACILITIES, MOST OF
WHICH ARE OUTSIDE -- REGISTERED
FACILITIES MOST OF WHICH ARE
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
SO FD'S MODERN REGULATORY
FUNCTIONS BEGIN PASSAGE OF THE
1906 PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
HISTORICALLY, EACH OF THESE
CENTERS OR OFFICES HAS BEEN
CREATED AS STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS
HAVE BEEN EXPANDED.
FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAL DEVICES
FIRST CAME UNDER COMPREHENSIVE
REGULATION WITH THE 1938 FOOD
DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT, SO THAT
WAS THE START OF WHAT IS NOW OUR
CENTER FOR DEVICES AND
RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH.
SO EACH THESE CENTERS AND
OFFICES WITH THE UNIQUE ORIGINS
AND MISSION, THEY'VE DEVELOPED
THESE INDEPENDENT LABORATORY
SCIENCE AND SAFETY PROGRAMS.
THEY HAVE DIFFERING POLICIES AND
PRACTICES AND CULTURES AND
NEEDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M STANDING HERE
AT OUR WHITE OAK CAMPUS, MODERN
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITY,
BSL3 SUITES, THIS IS WHERE MUCH
OF CBER AND C DE R AND CDLOH
ARE.
DOWN THE ROAD AT OUR MIR CRI RC
CAMPUS, FARMS, PASTURES AND
CATTLE, IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO
FOOTPRINTS, CEDAR HAS A PILOT
SCALE PHARMACEUTICAL
MANUFACTURING FACILITY.
WE HAVE UNIQUE RESOURCES AND
FACILITIES LIKE OUR WINCHESTER
ENGINEERING LAB.
THEY HAVE THIS GIANT WHOLE BODY
COUNTING ROOM, SO IT'S MADE OUT
OF STEEL FROM USS INDIANAPOLIS,
SHIP SCRAP -- BEFORE WORLD WAR
II, BEFORE WE HAD TESTING, FREE
OF BACKGROUND UNIQUE FACILITY.
OUR GULF COAST LAB, THEY HAVE A
FLEET OF BOATS, SO THERE IS A
LOT OF UNIQUE ACTIVITIES AND
WASTE STREAMS IN THIS
ORGANIZATION.
IT'S SURGE A SCOPE APPROXIMATE A
SCALE GREATER -- SCOPE AND A
SCALE GREATER THAN I IMAGINED
BRING CAME HERE.
SO IN FEBRUARY 2017, THE
COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS
ESTABLISHED WHAT WAS THEN THE
OFFICE OF LABORATORY SCIENCE AND
SAFETY, NOW KNOWN APPEARS THE
OFFICE OF LABORATORY SAFETY, AND
WE RECENTLY ASSIMILATED THE
REMAINDER OF OUR PRED SES STORE
ORGANIZATION FROM -- PREDECESSOR
ORGANIZATION FROM OUR FACILITIES
ENGINEERING AND MISSIONS
SUPPORT.
SO NOW WE HAVE ONE SINGLE PLACE,
THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER
LEVEL, TO OUTLINE SOME
CONSISTENT POLICIES AND REDUCE
REDUNDANCIES AND TRY TO
ELIMINATE PROGRAMMATIC GAPS
ACROSS THE AGENCY.
THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE WE FACE
IS, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE
SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE FOR ALL
OUR UNIQUE CENTERS AND LABS AND
THEIR NEEDS ACROSS THE NATION.
SO THIS OFFICE WAS STARTED IN
2017.
WE ISSUED OUR FIRST HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANUAL THEN.
AT THAT TIME, WE HAD
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS WHO
HANDLED EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
FROM THE FACILITIES SIDE, EVERY
PERMIT, EVERY PROGRAM, AND WE
HAD A SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH SPECIALIST WHO MANAGED
ALL THE CONTRACTS, ALL THE
ORDERS.
I JOINED IN LATE 2019, AND IN A
FEW MONTHS, WE REORGANIZED,
COVID HIT, ONE OF THOSE
GENTLEMEN LEF THE AGENCY AND THE
OTHER RETIRED.
SO SUDDENLY I HAD NEARLY EVERY
PENNY WE SPEND ON WASTE, EVERY
PERMIT, EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY
PLAN ON MY DESK.
THE IDIQ CONTRACT WE MANAGE MOST
OF OUR WASTE UNDER WAS DUE TO
RECOMPETE, AND OUR CONTRACTING
SHOP WAS BRINGING IN NEW
INVOICING SYSTEM JO EXPLIEN A
NEW AK SIGNIFICANCE -- JO
EXPLIEN A NEW AK -- INVOICING
SYSTEM ON EXPLIEN A NEW AK
SIGNIFICANCE -- AND A NEW
ACQUISITION SYSTEM ON LINE.
IT WAS A CHANCE TO SLICE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY AND ACCOMPLISH THIS
MISSION IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE
FACING, WELL, I MANAGE AN ID I Q
CONTRACT THAT COVERS ABOUT 90%
OF OUR -- 95 PEFERS OUR AGENCY,
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BUT OUR
ARKANSAS LAB.
SO THAT'S 20 TASK ORDERS,
SEVERAL OF THEM ARE OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, 72 PLACE
PERFORMANCE, 20 DIFFERENT
STATES, AND WE HAVE MEDICAL
PATHOLOGICAL WASTE THAT IS
STATE-REGULATED, SO THAT'S 20
DIFFERENT REGIMES.
1K3 THIS BY ITS HISTORY, BY THE
WAY IT'S CREATED, IT'S A VERY
DECENTRALIZED AGENCY.
WHEN ORA CLOSED THE PHILADELPHIA
LAB, THE FIRPS NOTICE I GOT WAS
HEY -- FIRST NOTICE I GOT WAS
HEY WE MOVED THE PEOPLE OUT,
PACKED OUT ALL THE WASTE AND THE
VENDOR WANTS TO TAKE POSSESSION
SH WHEN CAN YOU COME GET OUR
WASTE, THIS IDEA OF CENTRALIZING
THING IS IN SOME WAYS A NEW WAY,
NEW TO FDA CULTURE.
PROVIDING EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO ALL THESE
FIELD LOCATIONS IS CERTAINLY A
CHALLENGE.
IT JUST NECESSITATES VARIOUS
LAYERS OF SUBCONTRACTING 1K3 T &
E AGREEMENTS 1K3 MAKES
EVERYTHING MORE COMPLICATED.
WITH 20 STATES IN PARTICULAR,
PARTICULARLY WITH NEW YORK AND
CALIFORNIA, WE'VE GOT 20
DIFFERENT REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENTS TO INTERFACE WITH.
OUR FOOD LABS IN CALIFORNIA NOW,
THEY HAVE TO COMPOST THEIR FOOD
WASTE.
THEIR FOOD SAMPLES CAN'T TB TO A
SANITARY LANDFILL ANYMORE, LIKE
RESTAURANT, THEY'RE COMPOSTING
CRAB SAMPLES AND SPICE SAMPLES
AND ALL THE OTHER REGULATORY
FOOD WASTE STREAM THEY HAVE.
AT ALL THESE FIELD LOCATIONS,
IT'S QUITE A WORKLOAD ON OUR
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO MANAGE, AND
IT'S HARD TO BE AN EXPERT IN
EVERYTHING.
CERTAINLY A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN
FUEL PRICES WENT UP, SUDDENLY
OUR BURN RATES AND OUR WASTE
MANAGEMENT INCREASED
UNEXPECTEDLY, WE'VE BEEN DEALING
WITH KIND OF A NATIONWIDE, YOU
KNOW, BACKLOG IN TSDF AND
PARTICULARLY INCINERATOR
CAPACITY, AND THAT'S A CONSTANT
CHALLENGE TO MANAGE.
IN COVID, YOU KNOW, OUR RESEARCH
LABS, FOLKS MOSTLY WENT HOME.
OUR REGULATORY LABS CONTINUED
OPERATING.
AND THEN AS FOLKS HAVE RETURNED
TO WORK, IT'S BEEN WAVE AFTER
WAVE OF LAB CLEANOUT, YOU KNOW,
GENERATING THESE BIG BOLUSES OF
WASTE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES.
WE'RE MANAGING CURRENTLY.
THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN TO MANAGE
THESE MORE EFFECTIVELY, PROBABLY
OF THE BIGGEST, THE MOST
IMPORTANT IS THAT WE NOW HAVE
TASK ORDER LEVEL CORES ARE
WORKING ON THE CONTRACT, WITH A
LOCAL CORE AND A LOCAL POINT OF
CONTACT, NOW THE MANAGEMENT AND
THE MONEY IS MUCH NEARER
PROGRAMMATIC ENOUGH AND
GEOGRAPHICALLY TO WHERE THE
SERVICES ARE BEING DELIVERED.
SO SPOT PROBLEM SOLVE THE LOWER
MIDDLE LEVEL, IT'S BEEN MORE
EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE.
WITH SO MUCH OF THE, YOU KNOW,
DEEP MANAGEMENT OFF OF MY DESK,
THAT MEANS THE CONTRACTING
OFFICER AND I CAN FOCUS ON BIG
PICTURE ISSUES, TRENDS ACROSS
THE AGENCY, WHERE YOU CAN
DASHBOARD AND LOOK AT RISKS AND
BURN RATES AND PREPARE FOR
PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE ON
OUR DOORSTEP.
DASHBOARDING TIME AND MONEY AND
RISK HAS BEEN REAL HELPFUL.
HERE IN WADO -- HERE THE
RADIOLOGICAL WASTE SERVICES ARE,
YOU KNOW, INTERMINGLED WITH OUR
RADIATION SAFETY PROGRAM, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF MAWT YOU'LL
SUPPORTED THERE.
SO IT'S A SERVICE THAT SPANS
SEVERAL TASK ORDERS, SEVERAL
CENTERS, AND EVEN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PAFORTS OL S AND
NECESSARILY INVOLVES SOME EXTRA
LAYERS OF CONTRACTING.
SO NOW WE GET ALL THESE
DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THE SAME
PAGE.
IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
IN AN EFFORT LIKE THIS, IT
INVOLVES A NUMBER OF CONTRACTING
PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY
UNDERSTAND HAZARDOUS WASTE AND
HAZARDOUS WASTE PEOPLE,
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS WHO DON'T
NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND
CONTRACTING AND VIRTUALLY NONE
OF THEM UNDERSTAND RADIATION OR
HEALTH PHYSICS OR RUNNING A
LICENSE OR RADIOLOGICAL WASTE,
SO IT'S BEEN GOOD TO GET ALL
THESE DIFFERENT HEADS TOGETHER
IN A SINGLE MEETING AND TALK
THINGS OUT AND ELIMINATE
SURPRISES.
WE'RE STARTING TO, YOU KNOW,
TEACH SOME OF THE CONTRACTING
PRINCIPLES, CONTRACTING CONTENT
TO OUR TECHNICAL POINTS OF
CONTACT OUT IN THE FIELD AND TRY
AND RIGHT SIZE SOME
EXPECTATIONS.
THE TECHNICAL PEOPLE WHO DON'T
ALWAYS UNDERSTAND CONTRACTS,
THEY'LL SEND AN E-MAIL, HEY, YOU
NEED TO DIRECT THE VENDOR TO USE
SUCH AND SUCH A SUBCONTRACTOR
BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I LIKE TO
WORK WITH.
OF COURSE THAT'S NOT HOW THE
CONTRACTING WORLD WORKS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING BETTER BY
TEACHING SOME CONTRACTING TO THE
TECHNICAL FOLKS AND THE
CONTRACTING FOLKS LEARN SOME OF
THE SCIENCE AND THE SCIENCE
FOLKS ARE LEARNING SOME OF THE
CONTRACTING.
AND AS WE STANDARDIZE HOW WE
PROVIDE SERVICES, WE'RE WORKING
ON STARTING THESE FIELD PICKUPS
AND THESE NONROUTINE EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, GETTING INITIAL
INVENTORIES AND NOTICES AND
PLANNING 60 DAYS OUT AND
STOPPING THE HEY, I'M OUT OF
TIME, I'M OUT OF SPACE, I NEED A
PICKUP NEXT WEEK.
THOSE ARE A LITTLE DISRUPTIVE,
THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, HARD TO
MANAGE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE
THINGS MORE ROUTINE OR ORDERLY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HIRED AN
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE MANAGER
AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SPECIALIST, AND THAT'S ALLOWED
US TO RESUME ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE AUDITING.
SO NOW WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS
GETTING OUT IN THE FIELD AND
WALKING AND TALKING OUR SITES
AND LOOKING AT OUR CENTRAL
ACCUMULATION AREAS AND FINDING
WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THIS BETTER
IN THE FIELD.
FINALLY, BEEN INSTILLING THIS
CULTURE OF CALL THE COR.
TASK ORDER.
THERE'S A POINT PERSON.
IF WE CAN GATHER ALL THE
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS AT ONE
PLACE, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
AVOID SURPRISES, FIND COMMON
SOLUTIONS.
SOMEONE LIKE ME CAN SPOT
PATTERNS ACROSS THE AGENCY AND
MAYBE FIND A BIGGER SOLUTION, IT
WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR OTHER
PEOPLE BEFORE THEY RECOGNIZE
THEM.
SO SUCCESSES SO FAR ARE
EVERYTHING THAT GOES SMOOTHLY.
YOU KNOW, THE DOG THAT DIDN'T
BARK, THE PROBLEM THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN, THE MISSED PICKUP THAT
WE AVOIDED, THE FUNDING
SHORTFALL THAT WE SAW COMING AND
AVOIDED.
SO THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY ARE
OUR BIG SUCCESS.
MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF
SERVICE AS THE NEW IDIQ AWARD
WAS DELAYED, THAT WAS DEFINITELY
A WIN.
WE HAD SORT OF A SERVICE WIDE
FOGGING DECONTAMINATION TASK
ORDER ON THIS CONTRACT DURING
COVID TIME, AND SO AS THIS PART
OF OUR AGENCY POSTURE, YOU KNOW,
SYMPTOMATIC COVID POLICY PERSON
WAS IN THIS SPACE, YOU KNOW, GET
SERVICE DECONTAMINATED
REEXPOWPPED AT ONE POINT WE HAD
A SYMPTOMATIC COVID POSITIVE
PERSON WALK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE
SPACE OF OUR 70,000 SQUARE FOOT
KANSAS CITY LAB CONDUCT AN
INSPECTION AND CONTAMINATING
EVERY SINGLY SPACE.
WE GOT WORD OF THAT ON A FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, WE GOT A TEAM OUT
OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD THAT
REGULATORY LAB UP AND RUNNING
MONDAY MORNING.
SO THAT WAS A BIG WIN.
SOME OF THE FDA SORT OF PROBLEMS
THAT WE HAVE, ONE OF OUR FOOD
LABS HAD SOME CHIPS, SEEDING
SNACKS THAT WERE HIGH IN ARSENIC
AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET AND
THEY HAD TO BE DISPOSED IN OUR
HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAM, AND THIS
ONE THE TSDF WOULDN'T TAKE,
DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT, THEY
WANTED ANALYTICAL RESULTS.
OUR LAB HANDLES ANALYTIC RESULTS
BECAUSE THEY ANALYZE THEM BUT
THAT'S REGULATORY DATA AND
THEY'RE CONSTRAINED FROM SHARING
THAT IN DIFFERENT VENUES, SO WE
FOUND A WAY TO LAB PACK THAT AND
GET THAT OUT AND GET THAT WASTE
DISPOSED OF AND IT'S A SORT OF
UNIQUE FDA PROBLEM WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES THAT ARE
INTERNATIONAL MAIL FACILITIES,
AT OUR RESEARCH LABS, REGULATORY
LABS, AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT
WORLD FROM RCRA AND IT'S WHAT
WE'RE USED TO DOING SO WE'VE
GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AT HAVING
THE COLLATERAL SERVICES AND
PICKING UP HAZARDOUS WASTE AND
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AT THE
SAME TIME FROM THE SAME PLACE
AND JUST HAVING MORE AND MORE
LOCAL OVERSIGHT IS JUST TAKEN A
LOT OF RISK OUT OF THE CONTRACT,
IT ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP THINGS IN
SCOPE, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MONEY
AND THEY WANT THINGS AND, YOU
KNOW, NOW THE MONEY AND THE
SERVICES AND THE KNOWLEDGES ARE
ALL PROGRAMMATICALLY AND
SOMETIMES GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE
SAME PLACE AND THAT KEEPS US
OPERATING IN BOUNDS.
SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES IN THE
FUTURE ARE FDA IS REARRANGING
THE FURNITURE HERE.
WE'RE MAKE A NEW UNIFIED HUMAN
FOODS PROGRAM, SO OUR POINTS OF
CONTACT, OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE
GOING TO CHANGE, OUR FUNDING
STREAMS ARE GOING TO CHANGE, SO
OUR PROGRAM WILL HAVE TO ADAPT
AS FDA CONTINUES TO CHANGE.
OUR FOOTPRINT IN GUAM IS GROWING
SHES WE ANTICIPATE WASTE STREAM
OUT THERE, THAT'S VERY FAR AWAY,
SO THERE'S CERTAIN CHALLENGES, A
FEW POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
RECENTLY GOT WORD THAT CBM HAS
SOME -- BOLT GUNS, THESE ARE THE
KIND THAT ARE POWERED BY BLANK
PISTOL AMMUNITION SO BASIC WE
HAVE SOME PISTOL AMMUNITION TO
DISPOSE OF.
AS WE START TALKING THROUGH
THAT, I LEARNED, WE ARE AS STATE
OF MARYLAND BEGGING SHEEP
SHEERING, GOES OUT AS MID PATH
WASTE, SO THAT'S A NEW ONE,
IENLTD SURE IF THERE'S A BETTER
WAY TO DO THAT YET.
SO MORE TO BE REVEALED THERE.
CERTAINLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
PRE-MARKET DATA, PREDECISIONAL
DATA FLOATING AROUND THIS LARGE
REGULATORY AGENCY, THE
CYBERSECURITY POSTURE HERE IS
SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S TIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, SERVICES AND
SOLUTIONS LIKE CHEMICAL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND WASTE
TRACKING, ANYTHING WITH AN IT
SCOPE IS DIFFICULT HERE.
SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE WE
CONTINUE TO MANAGE.
SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE
IMPLEMENTING A LOCALLY MANAGED
CENTER FUNDED CENTRAL
COORDINATED SUPPORT SERVICE,
BROAD PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS IF
SOMEONE SOLVED A SHEEP SHEARING
PROBLEM, I'M ALL YOURS.
THANK YOU.
>> DOES ANYONE -- OKAY ZUF E A
QUESTION.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION, CAPTAIN
JIGGENS.
FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO YOU FOR
KEEPING THE PROGRAM GOING AND,
WOW, THOSE ARE SOME AMAZING
STORIES.
I THOUGHT I HAD A LOT OF
INTERESTING THINGS BECAUSE WE
TAKE IN COLLECTIONS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND OFTEN GET
SURPRISES, AS YOU HAVE SHOWN US.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THINGS THAT
ARE REGULATED IN OTHER
COUNTRIES?
DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THERE ON
SITE THAT DOES THINGS WITH YOU
OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WE HAVE A PRESENCE IN OTHER
COUNTRIES FLRKS WE HAVE CERTAIN
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THOSE
EMPLOYEES OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE INSPECTIONS
PEOPLE, ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE,
THEY'RE NOT GENERATING A WASTE
STREAM TO MANAGE. GUAM IS OF
COURSE A TERRITORY.
NOT A STATE.
WE OPERATE IN PUERTO RICO, IT'S
ALSO A TERRITORY, BUT IT'S JUST
THE STATES AND TERRITORIES IS
WHERE WE HAVE OUR WASTE STREAMS
ORIGINATING SO FAR.
>> WE HAD A QUESTION FROM BRIAN.
SO 1HW DISPOSAL CONTRACT
SERVICES ALMOST -- AT ALMOST ALL
THE LOCATIONS, OR ARE THERE
MULTIPLE CONTRACTED SERVICES
BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
1234.
>> WE HAVE ONE ENTERPRISE LEVEL
IDIQ CONTRACT THAT SERVES
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE AGENCY.
AND THAT'S SPANS WITHIN --
THAT'S BEEN IN THE CONTRACTING
WORLD AND CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
THAT'S SORT OF THE TREND, ONE OF
THESE POLICY PENDULUMS THAT
MAYBE SWINGS BACK FORTH
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
WE HAVE ONE VENDOR COVERING
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE AGENCY, OUR
ARKANSAS NATIONAL CENTER FOR
TOXOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND THE
CO-LOCATED OFFICE OF REGULATORY
AFFAIRS LAB THERE, THAT'S PRETTY
MUCH THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT
FOOTPRINT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT
CONTRACT.
SO PROGRAMMATICALLY, WE'RE ALL
TRYING TO DO THINGS UNDER THE
SAME PROGRAM, BUT AT LEAST FOR
WHO THEY PAY TO HAUL IT AWAY,
THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERSON.
AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT 20 STATES,
20 TASK ORDERS, 72 PLACES OF
PERFORMANCE, IT'S A STRONG
CONTRACT TO MANAGE AND THAT'S
HOW I GET HERE NOT AS HAZARDOUS
WASTE EXPERT BUT AS AN
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST WHO MANAGES
CONTRACTS, HEY, WE NEED SOMEBODY
TO MANAGE THE CONTRACT AND I'M
JUST IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS AND
SOLVING THEM, BECAUSE THERE'S A
BUNCH HERE WE COULD DO BETTER
AND HAVING EVERYTHING DUMPED ON
ONE DESK AT ONE TIME WAS SORT OF
AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, A
PETRI DESK TO REARRANGE SOME OF
THESE PARTS AND PIECES DISPIENLD
A BETTER -- PIECES AND FIND A
BETTER WAY OUT.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION IS ARE THERE
AUDITS FOLLOWING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES, OR ARE THEY
MIMICKING THE TYPE OF REGULATORY
AGENCY INSPECTIONS?
>> I'LL HAVE TO LET OUR AUDIT
TEAM SPEAK TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH MCP
TRACK, SOME THINGS THAT ARE
FAMILIAR TO A LOT OF US OUT
THERE.
BUT I WORK WITH THEM, BUT
THEY'RE NOT MY AREA OF
EXPERTISE.
>> OKAY.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT MAKES
THE SHEEP SHEARING WASTE
MEDICALLY HAZARDOUS?
>> THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
SOME OF THESE ARE -- SOMETIME
IT'S AN ASSUMPTION OF WHERE IT'S
COMING FROM, WHERE, YOU KNOW,
FEDERAL BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
FACILITY.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S BRAND-NEW,
THAT'S JUST A COUPLE DAYS OLD, I
HAVEN'T GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF
THAT ONE YET.
I SUSPECT THERE MIGHT BE A
BETTER WAY.
OUR HANDS MAY BE TIED, WE'LL
FIND OUT.
IF SOMEBODY HAS HAD A SHEEP
SHEARING PROBLEM AND YOU'VE GOT
ADVICE FOR ME, PLEASE SHARE.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS, DOES
THE FDA USE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO HELP WITH
TASK TRACKING, WASTE GENERATION,
ET CETERA?
IF SO, WHICH ONE?
>> FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE, THE AUDIT TEAM, I'LL
LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
THE VENDOR HAS PLATFORMS.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH SLOG TRYING TO
GET THE PERMISSION AND AUTHORITY
TO USE SOME OF THE MODERN TOOLS
OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS STILL, AS WE SORT
OFLY STAND THIS UP AND
CONSOLIDATE IT AS A SINGLE
ENTERPRISE PROGRAM, THERE'S
STILL A LOT OF MANUAL WORK.
SO WE DEFINITELY, WE STILL HAVE
MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
JUST IN CASE I MAY HAVE MISSED
ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAPTAIN
JIGGENS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOUR TALK WAS REALLY GREAT.
WE THANK YOU.
UP NEXT WE HAVE THE DATA
ANALYTIC FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
THIS TALK IS SCHEDULED FROM
12:00 TO 3:30, OUR SPEAKERS --
TO 12:30, OUR SPEAKERS ARE SHARI
KENNEDY, DAN THOMAS, MARY FRANCE
ASK MIKE JASPERS.
SHARI HAS 34 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD WITH
MCSF, ALLAN AND CURRENTLY AS A
PROGRAM MANAGER TECHNICAL LEAD
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
TASK ORDERS FOR THE USACE
MOBILE.
SHE IS AN EXPERIENCED
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST WITH A
DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF WORKING
IN THE MILITARY INDUSTRY.
SHARI IS SKILLED IN ISO14001,
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL
PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS.
DAN THOMAS HAS BEEN PART OF THE
DCHT ARMY IN ONE CATEGORY OR
ANOTHER ACTIVE ARMY, RESERVE AND
DA CIVILIAN FOR THE LAST 39
YEARS.
HE IS RETIRED FROM THE ARMY
RESERVE AS A KERNEL WITH 30 --
COLONEL WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE
IN MULTIPLE COMBAT TOURS, HE HAS
28 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPERIENCE, AND BEFORE COMING
THE 81ST READINESS DIVISION WAS
AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CORPORATE
ANTI-TERRORISM CONSULTANT IN THE
U.S. AND EUROPE WITH EXPERIENCE
IN RCRA CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE
FIKDZ FOR CHEMICAL --
CERTIFICATE FIKDZ FOR CHEMICAL
DIMERL, SORRY IF I'M NOT SAYING
THAT RIGHT, WORK WITH SUPERFUND
SITES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PLANNING.
DAN HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ARMY RESERVE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAM IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE
LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF
EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND
RESPONSE -- SPILL PLANNING AND
RESPONSE, CLEAN AIR ACT
COMPLIANCE, CERCLA, NATURAL AND
CULTURAL RESOURCES,
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
INSPECTIONS, CONTRACTING OFFICER
REPRESENTATIVE SPIBILITIES AND
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION EXECUTION.
HE WOULD RATHER BE HARASSED BY
HIS FIVE GRABBED CHILDREN,
THOUGH.
I LOVE -- BY HIS FIVE
GRANDCHILDREN, THOUGH.
I LOVE T MARY FRANCE, MULTIMEDIA
COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS CONTRACTED
THROUGH USACE MOBILE FOR 18
YEARS, SHE HAS SUPPORTED 81ST --
SHE HAS SUPPORTED THE 81ST
READINESS DIVISION AIR QUALITY
COMPLIANCE, STORMWATER
COMPLIANCE, SPILL PREVENTION
COUNTERMEASURES AND CONTROL
PLANS.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, HAZARDOUS
WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
AND AUDIT PROGRAMS FOR NINE
YEARS.
MARY FRANCE BEGAN MANAGING THE
81ST READINESS DIVISION TASK
ORDERS SIX YEARS AGO, INCLUDING
DATA ANALYTIC TASKS FOR THE 81ST
READINESS DIVISION FOUR YEARS
AGO.
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE DATA
ANALYTICS PROJECT.
MIKE JASPERS HAS 17 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WITH DATA ANALYTIC
VISUALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
HE SPECIALIZES IN UTILIZATION OF
MODELING SOFTWARE TO OPTIMIZE
BUSINESS OPERATION, INCREASE
ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY OF
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
MIKE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
81ST READINESS DIVISION DATA
ANALYTIC PROJECT AS A SOLUTION
ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER AS WELL
AS A SENIOR TECHNICAL
CONSULTANT.
PLEASE WELCOME ALL OF THESE
SPEAKERS AS THEY PRESENT TO YOU
DATA ANALYTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE, THIS IS MIKE
JASPERS.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN N
NOW.
IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN JUST
BEFORE I GET STARTED.
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
LET ME START THE PRESENTATION
HERE.
OKAY.
WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US,
EVERYBODY.
WE ARE COVERING DATA ANALYTICS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS FROM THE 81ST READINESS
DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY
RESERVE.
SO WELCOME.
WE DID ALL OF THE INTRODUCTIONS
AHEAD OF TIME, SO WE ARE I THINK
GOING TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THIS
LAST BULLET HERE.
DAN, IF YOU COULD MAYBE GIVE A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE 81ST RD
STRUCTURE AND MISSION?
12K3W4>> YES.
WE'RE AN ARMY RESERVE COMMAND.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
INSTALLATION-LIKE ACTIVITIES IN
THE SOUTH OOS UNITED STATES.
WE'VE GOT A NINE STATE REGION
PLUS THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO,
SO IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION
WE DEAL WITH A FULL SPECTRUM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, AND, I
MEAN, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM
HAZARDOUS WASTE BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT ELEMENTS THAT DO VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
TOXICS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT
OF OLDER BUILDINGS, WE'VE GOT
HISTORIC STRUCTURES, WE'VE GOT
WETLANDS ON SOME OF OUR
PROPERTIES, WE'VE GOT THREATENED
AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, WE'VE
GOT SOME AIR PERMITS, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT JUST A FULL SPECTRUM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, AND WE
MANAGE IT STLA ARE ON THE WAY AN
INSTALLATION WOULD MANAGE IT --
SIMILAR TO THE WAY AN
INSTALLATION WOULD MANAGE IT
EXCEPT THAT WE'RE SPREAD OUT
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED
STATES AND PUERTO RICO.
WE DEAL WITH THREE PA REGIONS,
YOU KNOW, TEN SETS OF STATE
REGULATORS FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES, FOR CULTURAL
RESOURCES, SO WE DEAL WITH ALL
THE SHIPO'S AND THEN FOR THE
REGULATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE THREE
ACTIVE CLEANUP SITES THAT ARE
CLEANED UP THROUGH THE ARMY
CENTRALIZED CLEANUP PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE GOT A FULL SPECTRUM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, AND
INCLUDING MYSELF, I'VE GOT 19
PEOPLE ON STAFF IN VARIOUS
CATEGORIES OF EITHER GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS TO
MANAGE THIS EFFORT.
>> THANKS, DAN.
SO HERE AT JACOBS WE DO A
CULTURE OF CARING MOMENT FOR ALL
OF OUR MEETINGS.
IT'S SORT OF A BROADER REGION OF
A TYPICAL SAFETY MOMENT. SO
WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS
QUICKLY AND THEN CONTINUE ON.
SO JUST A REMINDER, WHEN YOU'RE
WORKING AT HOME, OR IN THE
OFFICE, ERGONOMIC WORK STATIONS
CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
COMFORT, REDUCE STRAIN, HELP
WITH OVERALL WELL-BEING.
A FEW TIPS FOR ERGONOMIC WORK
STATIONS, CHAIR COMFORT AND
SUPPORT IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG ONE.
MONITOR PLACEMENT.
MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
APPROPRIATELY PLACED FROM WHERE
YOU'RE SITTING AND, YOU KNOW, AT
THE CORRECT HEIGHT AND DISTANCE
FROM YOU.
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE SETUP, VERY
IMPORTANT.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT CRAMPED IN
SOME POSITION THAT'S
UNCOMFORTABLE, REACHING TOO FAR,
YOU KNOW, HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP
SO THAT IT'S EASY TO REACH 1K3
DOESN'T PUT ANY STRAIN ON ANY OF
YOUR MUSCLE OR JOINTS.
DESK HEIGHT AND CLEARANCE
RELATED TO KEYBOARD ASK MOUSE
SETUP AND ALSO RELATED TO MAKING
SURE THAT YOU CAN EASILY SLIDE
IN AND OUT -- KNEES CAN SLIDE IN
AND OUT UNDER YOUR DESK WITHOUT
HAVING ISSUES OR HAVING TO BEND
YOUR LEGS IN AN ODD WAY AND
PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD THINK IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT OR VERY CLOSE
TO THE MOST IMPORTANT, TAKE
BREAKS AND MOVE REGULARLY, NO
MATTER WHAT POSITION YOU'RE IN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST BE IN
THAT POSITION FOR TOO LONG A
TIME.
GET UP, GET THE BLOOD FLOWING,
YOU KNOW, WORK OUT SOME OF THOSE
TIGHT JOINTS OR KINKS YOU'VE GOT
GOING ON AND THEN SIT BACK DOWN
1K3 CONTAND CONTINUE GOING.
JUST REMEMBER TO PRIORITIZE YOUR
HEALTH WHEN YOU'RE WORKING OR
STUDYING.
BACK TO THE TOPIC HERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IN THIS
PRESENTATION IS GIVE BACKGROUND,
GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHAT THE
PROBLEM WAS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
WE WERE OPERATING WITHIN.
THAT'S VERY CRITICAL.
IT WAS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL
FOR ANYONE WHO GOES TO UM PLI
MEANT SOTO IMPLEMENTSOMETHING L.
SO WE JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH
SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT STLOFL,
THE CHALLENGES -- THAT INVOLVE
THIS, THE CHALLENGES, ET CETERA.
AGAIN, I'LL HAND IT BEERVEG TO
DAN.
HE CAN GO THROUGH THESE AND LET
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER
THERE AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE
OVERCOME IN ORDER TO NEIGHBORING
A SUCCESS.
# I'I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO D.
>> YES.
I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITIES,
ARMY RESERVE FACILITIES OVER TEN
STATES.
WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO IS WE'VE
GOT ABOUT 110 VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES THAT ARE
NOT ON AN INSTALLATION.
OVERALL, WE HAVE ABOUT 270
FACILITIES SPREAD AROUND THE
SOUTHEAST.
WE'RE ON TEN DIFFERENT ARMY
INSTALLATIONS.
WE'RE ON AIR FORCE AND NAVY
INSTALLATIONS.
WE'RE ON NATIONAL GUARD
FACILITIES THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 110
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES THAT SIT
OUTSIDE THOSE INSTALLATIONS, SO
WE MANAGE THOSE SEPARATELY.
FOR OUR FACILITIES THAT FALL ON
AN INSTALLATION, THEY'RE MANAGED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INSTALLATION'S PERMITS AND
REQUIREMENTS.
AND MOST INSTALLATIONS ARE LARGE
QUANTITY GENERATORS.
THEN WE GO OUTSIDE AND OUR
VARIOUS MAINTENANCE FACILITIES
ARE MOSTLY VERY SMALL QUANTITY
GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE,
SO THEY'RE MANAGED UNDER A
DIFFERENT REGULATORY REGIME.
SO GEEFT VARIOUS NUMBERS OF --
WE'VE GOT VARIOUS NUMBERS OF
FACILITIES IN VARIOUS STATES AND
THEY'RE SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE
STATE.
I'VE GOT, OF THE 20 PEOPLE IN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF, EIGHT
OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPREAD
ACROSS THE REGION TO PROVIDE
GEOGRAPHIC SUPPORT TO FACILITIES
IN THOSE AREAS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF
WE'RE AT AN INSTALLATION OR AN
ARMY INSTALLATION, WE ARE A
TENANT TO THOSE ARMY
INSTALLATIONS AND WE ARE TREATED
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ARMY
TENANT THAT THEY GET.
THE RELATIONSHIP IS DIFFERENT ON
INSTALLATIONS THAT BELONG TO
OTHER SERVICES, BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO HANDLE IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE WAY THAT THEY WANT US TO,
AND WE ARE NOT PART OF THEIR
ORGANIZATION AND FUNDING STREAM,
SO SOME COST, WE PAY SOME COSTS
ON THOSE INSTALLATIONS, THAT WE
DON'T PAY FOR ARMY
INSTALLATIONS.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IN
SOME PLACES, WE ARE TENANTS TO
THE NATIONAL GUARD IN
FACILITIES.
WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT TYPES OF
FACILITIES, SOME WHERE IT IS
ONLY THE ARMY RESERVE AND SOME
THAT INCLUDE THE NATIONAL GUARD
AND IN SOME OF THOSE WE OWN THE
BUILDING AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE BUILDING, AND SOME OF
THEM THE NATIONAL GUARD OWNS THE
BUILDING AND WE ARE THEIR
TENANTS.
SO PART OF THE COMPLEXITY HERE
IS THAT AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN
THE ARMY STARTED BUILDING THESE
FACILITIES, A NUMBER OF THESE
FACILITIES WERE RUN BY ARMY
INSTALLATIONS IN THE AREA.
SO FOR INSTANCE, FORT LIBERTY,
IT WAS FORT BRAGG THEN, BUT THEY
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE
FACILITIES IN THE OUTLYING
AREAS.
SO THOSE FACILITIES DID NOT GET
A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE
INSTALLATION.
SO THE ARMY RESERVE TOOK THOSE
FACILITIES AND PUT THEM UNDER
THE CONTROL OF WHAT THEY CALL
ARCOMMS OR ARMY RESERVE
COMMANDS, AND THERE WERE 20 OF
THESE AR COMMS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
LATER THEY TRANSITIONED TO WHERE
THEY HAD TEN COMMANDS THAT WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITIES
AND FINALLY IN 2005 THEY CUT
THOSE TO, THEY CUT THAT NUMBER
OF COMMANDS TO FOUR COMMANDS.
SO EACH TIME THOSE THINGS WERE
TRANSITIONED, HEADQUARTERS MOVED
INFORMATION, PAPERWORK ABOUT
THOSE FACILITIES MOVED, AND
PEOPLE TRANSFERRED WHAT THEY
THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT, PEOPLE
DIDN'T TRANSFER WHAT THEY DIDN'T
THINK WAS IMPORTANT, AND, YOU
KNOW, INFORMATION WAS LOST AND
FIDELITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THOSE
FACILITIES WAS LOST DURING THOSE
TRANSITIONS AND HAD TO BE
REGAINED.
SO THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, WE DEAL WITH -- I
THINK OF OUR ORGANIZATION AS
BEING SORT OF A LIVING ORGANISM
IN A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM, SO
EVERYTHING THAT ONE OF THE
REGULATORS DOES OR EVEN IN AN
INTERACTION THAT A REGULATOR HAS
WITH ANOTHER DOD ENTITY MAY END
UP IMPACTING US, AND ANYTHING WE
DO IMPACTS EVERYBODY ELSE IN
THAT ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER THEY
REALIZE IT OR NOT.
SO WE DEAL WITH A HUGE NUMBER OF
STAKEHOLDERS BOTH INSIDE OUR
ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE HAVE,
YOU KNOW, WE BUILD FACILITIES
AND AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL
LIFE TO US, WE DISPOSE OF THOSE
FACILITIES SO WE'RE DEALING WITH
THAT.
WE'RE MAINTAINING THE FACILITIES
WHILE WE OWN THEM.
THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPONENT TO THAT.
WE HAVE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION
THAT DOES A LOT OF VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE, AND WE TIE IN WITH
THAT.
WE HAVE TEN ABTS, OTHER ARMY
RESERVE ENTITIES THAT OCCUPY OUR
FACILITIES THAT ARE DOING
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, THAT WE
DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM FOR THEM
IN THE SAME WAY THAT AN
INSTALLATION MANAGES THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM FOR THE
TENANTS ON THOSE INSTALLATIONS.
AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE
DEAL WITH THE REGULATORY BODIES,
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY
COME OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION,
WE MAINTAIN PERMITS FOR THE
FACILITIES.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 110 MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES THAT ARE SPREAD OUT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE REQUIRES
EITHER AN NPDS STORMWATER PERMIT
OR A NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION.
WE DEAL WITH ALL THESE THINGS,
AND IT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE,
ONE, BECAUSE OF THE DISTRIBUTED
PART OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND
TWO, BECAUSE THE FIDELITY THAT
IS REQUIRED, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
GET A BIG PICTURE IDEA OF HOW
THE ORGANIZATION FITS TOGETHER
AND WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE
ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, AND AT
THE SAME TIME THEN, AND THAT'S
GREAT FOR JUSTIFYING FUNDING AND
FOR BRIEFING HIRE, BUT THEN TO
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOMETHING,
YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND NOT
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS A WHOLE,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO ZERO DOWN INTO
THAT INDIVIDUAL FACILITY WITHIN
AN AREA, AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
THERE, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND IN
TRANSFERRING THAT SOME OF OUR
DATABASES, WHAT OUR REAL
PROPERTY DATABASE SHOWED DID NOT
MATCH WHAT OUR MAINTENANCE
CONTRACTS WERE SHOWING, AND THEN
WHEN WE WENT OUT 1K3, YOU KNOW,
BROUGHT IN A CONTRACTOR TO GO
OUT AND DO AN ACTUAL COUNT AT A
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, SOMETIMES
THERE WAS A THIRD NUMBER.
SO THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND
RECONCILE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE
THE FIDELITY GOT LOST, WE FOUND
THAT SO DID THE INTERCONNECTION
BETWEEN SOME OF OUR DATABASES
AND THE WAY THAT WE WERE
OPERATING IN THE FIELD.
>> THANKS.
I'VE GOT IT.
OKAY.
SO ALONG WITH SOME OF THESE, I
THINK WE COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF
THIS TOO, THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGES AND COMPLIANCE.
DAN, DO YOU NEED TO HIT ON ANY
MORE OF THIS?
I KNOW YOU HIT ON SOME OF THIS
ALREADY, THAT FIRST BULLET
POINT.
>> ONLY THING I WOULD SAY HERE
IS THAT AT SOME POINT, I STARTED
TO LOOK AT █THIS LIKE A MONEY
BALL PROBLEM ARE, AND THE ISSUE
IN MONEY BALL WAS THAT THE
PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE, THE
PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR
A LONG TIME, WHICH I FELL INTO,
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE WAY THINGS WERE GOING,
THE WHOLE POINT OF MONEY BALL IS
THAT THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
TRULY IMPORTANT.
SO WE HAD TO GO BACK IN FROM THE
2K3WR0U7BD UP AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS IMPORTANT AND HOW DO WE
DO THIS AND HOW CAN WE GET
BETTER?
IF WE DIAL IN ON LIFELONG
LEARNING AND CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT WE CAN'T JUST SIT
HERE AND BE SATISFIED BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT GETTING IN TROUBLE.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND
DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
THANKS.
>> OKAY.
JUST TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY ON
THIS SECOND BULLET POINT, WE
WANTED TO BE ABLE TO USE
EXISTING DATA.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE COLLECTING
DATA, POPULATING NEW SYSTEMS,
EXCEPT WHERE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
SO THERE WERE SYSTEMS THAT
ALREADY TRACKED THIS AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, SMALLER THINGS SUCH AS
I'M SURE WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH
THIS, SOME PAPER FILES
DEFINITELY A LOT OF
SPREADSHEETS, BUT THERE WERE
ALSO SOME BIG DATABASES IN
THERE.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A
LOOK AT ALL OF THEAZ THINGS
TOGETHER AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT ASPECTS AS FAR AS
SELECTING SOFTWARE AND HOW THIS
PROBLEM WAS APPROACHED SO FOR
THE DATA ANALYTICS SOLUTION IT
ENDED WE USED POWER BI AS THE
MAIN PORTION OF THIS.
POWER BI WAS AVAILABLE AT THE
TIME, STILL IS, WITHIN THE AR
NET SO AVAILABLE TO THE 81ST RD,
AND POWER BI HAD SOME ADVANTAGES
AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO EASILY
PULL, IT'S DESIGNED TO PULL FROM
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SOURCES.
AND FOR THAT, WE HAD TO DECIDE
HOW EXACTLY ARE WE GOING TO LAY
THIS OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA, CERTAIN
OBJECTIVES WE WANTED TO MEET,
AND A COUPLE OF THOSE WERE TO
CENTRALIZE THE INFORMATION, SO
BRING EVERYTHING IN.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEEDED TO ORGANIZE
IT.
IT WAS COMPLEX.
SOMETIMES THE NATURE OF THE DATA
WASN'T AS COMPLEX AS THE
LOCATIONS OF THE DATA.
THEY WERE SPREAD IN A COUPLE
DIFFERENT PLACES, SO THAT MADE
IT JUST BY ORGANIZATIONALLY
WHERE IT FELL COMPLEX EVEN IF
THE DATA WAS RELATIVELY
STRAIGHTFORWARD IN SOME CASES.
AND THEN YOU HAD TO TRY TO
STANDARDIZE, NORMALIZE THIS DATA
IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE
FOR FOLKS VERY HIGH IN THE
COMMAND AND FOLKS DOWN IN THE
WEEDS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ABILITY
TO HAVE VARYING LEVELS OF
GRANULARITY IN THE DATA.
SO SOMEONE MAY LOOK AT THIS,
THEY NEED TO GET AN AT A GLANCE
UNDERSTANDING, AND OTHERS WHO
ARE SPECIALIZING IN THAT PROGRAM
AREA NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE A
LOT OF THE DETAILS, AND THEN
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AGAIN, POWER BI ALLOWS YOU TO DO
THAT.
SOME OF THE OTHER PORTIONS OF
THAT WERE THE WAY IT WAS
ARCHITECTED AND THE TOOLS THAT
YOU USE, BUT AT LEAST THE
SOFTWARE PROGRAM ALLOWED US TO
MAKE THAT SORT OF SETUP, SO THAT
WAS ONE OF THE BIG
CONSIDERATIONS.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A
DEMONSTRATION REAL QUICK HERE.
LET ME EXIT THIS SLIDE SHOW FOR
NOW.
I'M GOING TO PULL UP, WE HAVE
MULL PELL PROGRAM AREAS.
WE HAVE BASICALLY A DASHBOARD
FOR ALL THE MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS
WITHIN THE 81ST RD ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE ONES, THE E-PASS
PROGRAM HAD SOME OF THE BEST
DATA TO START WITH.
I'M GOING TO START ON THIS PAGE
HERE.
SO IT HAD BEEN COLLECTING DATA
IN THE WEBCAST SYSTEM FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS FOR OVER
TEN YEARS, AND IT HAD BEEN,
ASIDE FROM A COUPLE OF CHANGES
IN THE DATA STORAGE, THEY HAD
VERY CONSISTENT DATA FROM ACROSS
THAT TIME.
SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE,
THIS ONE KIND OF LED AS FAR AS
GIVINGS AN IDEA OF WHAT COULD BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
OTHERS, SOME OF THE OTHERS THERE
WAS SOME MORE DATA MANAGEMENT
THAT NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH AND
DATA QUALITY REALLY CAME INTO
PLAY TO HELP ORGANIZE THINGS AND
WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THOSE IN
A LITTLE BIT.
TO ILLUSTRATE HOW WE LAID THINGS
OUT, THIS PAGE HERE WE CALL IT
THE ANALYTICS PAGE, THIS IS
GIVING YOU AGGREGATED VISUALIZED
DATA STRAIGHT FROM THE SYSTEM,
SO YOU'VE GOT COUNTS FROM
DIFFERENT FINDINGS OF THE
AUDITS, WHAT CATEGORY THEY FELL
IN, THROUGH TIME, BROKEN DOWN BY
STATE, BROKEN DOWN BY PROGRAM,
AND THEN BROKEN DOWN BY THE
CLASS THEY FELL IN AND OTHER
ITEMS THAT THEY HAD.
WE TRIED TO PUT A DETAIL PAGE
HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
WHAT THAT HELPED US WITH IS THAT
HAVING THIS TABLE DOWN HERE, IT
IN AND OF ITSELF, IT'S HARD TO
DIGEST ALL OF THIS, BUT AS YOU
HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP HERE IN
A POWER BI DASHBOARD, NOT ONLY
CAN YOU FILTER IT BY, AS AN
EXAMPLE HERE, WE'LL FILTER IT
JUST BY THE FIRST STATE, WE HAVE
ALABAMA, EVERYTHING FILTERS,
INCLUDING THIS TABLE.
BUT SAY THAT WE JUST WANTED TO
LOOK AT OUR CLASS ONE'S IN
ALABAMA.
WE CLICK ON THIS HERE.
THIS TABLE DOWN HERE FILTERS AS
WELL.
TO ONLY SHOW THOSE.
THE OTHERS HIGHLY THE THINGS
THAT ARE RELATED TO IT.
WHERE THIS REALLY COMES IN
HANDY, IT GIVES A CONTINUUM
BETWEEN WHERE FOLKS WERE AND
WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS
BECAUSE THIS HERE CAN BE
EXPORTED, THIS TABLE DOWN HERE
CAN BE EXPORTED AS DATA AND IT
COME OUT AS A CSB WHICH MEANS
YOU CAN OPEN IT IN EXCEL AND
SHARE IT WITH FOLKS JUST LIKE
EVERYONE IS PRETTY ACCUSTOMED TO
DOING, SHARING THESE IN
SPREADSHEETS.
SO IF YOU CHAZ TO DO THAT, WE
CAN SHOW THE USERS THAT THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT,
TAYLOR THEIR INFORMATION AND
THEN -- TAILOR THEIR INFORMATION
AND THEN PULL OUT THE DATA IN AN
EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND THAT
REALLY HELPED TO KEEP PEOPLE I
THINK COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT
THAT THERE IS A TOOL THAT
THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT THIS
IS HEAVILY CONNECTED TO.
SO THIS GIVES YOU JUST THAT
BREAKDOWN STRAIGHT UP WITH THE
DATA ANALYTICS.
BUT THEN WE HAVE MORE
INTERPRETIVE INFORMATION WHERE
YOU TAKE THAT DATA AND YOU SAY
WHERE ARE WE AS FAR AS WHERE WE
WANT TO BE WITH THESE THINGS?
SO HOW MANY, WHEN SHOULD THESE
HAVE BEEN DONE, WHAT, YOU KNOW,
ARE THEY MEETING OUR TARGETS?
THINGS LIKE THAT FOR KPI'S AND
OTHER THINGS.
FOR THAT, WE WENT WITH A
SCORECARD THAT WAS ANOTHER PAGE
WITHIN THIS REPORT.
AND THE SCORECARD GIVES YOU A
GREEN, AMBER, RED BREAKDOWN.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IF YOU WERE GOING TO
PRESENT THIS TO SOMEONE THAT IS
NEWER TO THE INFORMATION OR JUST
NEEDS TO KNOW IT AT A HIGH
LEVEL, TAKING A GLANCE AT THIS,
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS DETAIL WAS
ADDED IN HERE TO GIVE CLARITY AS
WE WENT ALONG, YOU CAN PRETTY
CLEARLY GET AN IDEA OF, YOU
KNOW, AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THE
STUFF IS AMBER ON THIS PAGE.
SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON
THINGS, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T
FOCUS ON THESE PROGRAM AS MUCH
AS YOU WOULD FOCUS ON THESE OVER
HERE THAT ARE AMBER.
YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
THOSE.
WITHIN HERE, IF I JUST CHOOSE AN
INDIVIDUAL STATE AGAIN, THIS
TIME WE'LL JUST CHOOSE FLORIDA,
JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT TO SEE
WHAT WE'VE GOT.
STILL, WE REMAIN FAIRLY STRAIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, BUT DOWN
IN OUR GAUGES, SO WE'VE GOT A
FEW DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT WE
USE.
WE HAVE AN OVERALL SCORE, IT
FALLS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE
AMBER, BUT IF WE WANTED TO
IMPROVE THAT, WHERE DO WE LOOK?
WELL, THIS PROGRAM LEVEL HERE,
OUR OPEN FINDINGS SCORE, HOW
MANY THINGS WE HAVE OPEN AT THIS
POINT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY WANTED TO
CLOSE SOME THINGS.
THIS IS WHERE WE COULD FOCUS IN
ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR OVERALL
SCORE.
AND IT'S PRETTY QUICK TO SEE,
WE'VE GOT THE DIALS, YOU'VE GOT
THE COLORS, AND THIS GIVES YOU
YOUR SNAPSHOT HIGH-LEVEL AND
ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON JUST THE
MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE
HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE OUR DATA
QUALITY PAGE.
AND THIS DOES A VERY BASIC
THING.
IT'S IN EVERY ONE OF THE LARGER
DASHBOARDS, AND WHAT IT DOES IS
IT GIVES YOU A PERCENT OF BLANK
VERSUS NONBLANK FIELDS IN YOUR
DATASET, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS
AND SAY FIELD BY FIELD, YOU CAN
GO DOWN HERE, THESE ARE ALL THE
FIELDS THAT WE HAVE, THESE ARE
ALL 100% COMPLETE, THESE ARE ALL
100% BLANK, AND THIS ONE IS
42 PERCENT-ISH BLANK VERSUS
COMPLETE.
WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THAT YOU
LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE, IT'S
CREATED BY MODIFIED -- THIS
CREATED BY, MODIFIED BY, YOU CAN
LOOK AT THESE AND SAY THIS
DOESN'T IMPACT OUR STATS.
WE'RE OKAY THERE.
IT'S THERE IT WE EVER CHOOSE TO
USE IT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IF WE LOOK AND SAY WELL
CORRECTIVE ACTION TIMELINE DOES
FACTOR INTO SOME OF OUR
CALCULATIONS, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW
HA YOU'RE AT 42% THERE OR
INCOMPLETE BECAUSE IN THAT CASE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS WITH A
GRAIN OF SALT AND MAYBE YOU NEED
TO -- THIS IS ALSO A WAY THAT
YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR DATA
QUALITY IS BY TARGETING THIS
HERE WHERE YOUR OTHER FIELDS AT
LEAST AS FAR AS COMPLETENESS
GOES THE VERY BASIC DATA QUALITY
MEASURE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS AND
IS NOT MEETING YOUR STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE LAID THAT OUT,
AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE
PRESENTATION HERE.
WE JUST FINISHED THAT QUICK LIVE
DEMONSTRATION OF THE GENERAL
LOOK AND CONFIGURATION OF OUR
DASHBOARDS THERE.
DEVELOPING THE DASHBOARDS, DAN,
DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON SOME
OF THIS, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO
WALK THROUGH?
I KNOW THE CHALLENGES CERTAINLY
YOU'LL WANT TO COME IN ON, BUT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OVERVIEW 1234.
>> YEAH, LET ME TALK REAL QUICK
ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE
DID WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
DASHBOARDS.
ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS THAT
IN ANY OF THESE ITEMS, THERE IS
SOME SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENTS THAT
GO INTO IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE
MEASURES OF RISK ON SOME OF OUR
DASHBOARDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID
WAS WE PULLED THE SUBJECTIVE
MEASURES AND PUT THEM ON THE
FRONT PAGE.
WE DIDN'T TRY TO HIDE THEM
BEHIND A NUMBER.
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT A NUMBER ON
STUFF IN ORDER TO DO ANY TYPE OF
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, BUT WHERE
WE HAD PUT NUMBERS ON A
SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT, WE
HIGHLIGHTED TH THAT ON THE FRON,
THAT LETS YOU DO TWO THINGS.
ONE, IT PREVENTS YOU FROM HIDING
THAT SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT OF.
IF I SHOW A NUMBER, IF I SHOW A
COLOR AND I'M BRIEFING
LEADERSHIP, I CAN HIDE SOME OF
THE SUBJECTIVITY FROM THE PERSON
THAT'S BEING BREACHED, AND THE
ARMY IS BAD ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS IT
LETS US DO SOME SENSITIVITY
ANALYSIS IF WE'RE HAVING A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE
GRADE A RISK OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, DOES IT
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR THING IS
GRADED AT A TWO RISK OR A THREE
RISK, IS IT GOING TO CHANGE THE
OUTCOME OF THE DISHAITION WE'RE
MAKING -- OUTCOME OF THE
DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING?
IF NOT, WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL
THIS ADDITIONAL TIME TRYING TO
GET IT REFINED EXACTLY IF IT'S
NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH
IMPACT?
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE
MOST VALUABLE THING THAT PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER DID WAS IT SHOWED
US WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW, AND IT
SHOWED US WHERE WE HAD DATA
GAPS.
WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS
AREA OR THIS SITE UNTIL WE FOUND
OUT, AS WE STARTED DIGGING, AND
THIS FORCED SOME OF THESE ISSUES
TO THE HEAD, WE REALIZED THAT IN
ALL THESE TRANSITIONS OF
PROPERTIES, WE WERE ONLY
TRACKING OUR RETENTION PONDS
WHERE THE REGULATORS WERE
GETTING IN CONTACT WITH US.
WE REALIZED THAT FOR A NUMBER OF
ITEMS, THAT WE JUST DIDN'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS WERE AT EACH
PARTICULAR SITE.
SO WE KNEW WE WEREN'T GETTING IN
TROUBLE BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING
WITH WHERE THE REGULATORS WERE
CONTACTS US, BUT WHERE THE
REGULATORS WERE NOT CONTACTING
US, WE WEREN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT,
AND WE WERE LETTING, YOU KNOW,
IN THE NATURAL COURSE OF TIME, A
RETENTION POND WAS SLOWLY FILLED
WITH SILT AND WE WERE JUST
LETTING THAT HAPPEN.
OUR ENGINEERS WOULD GO OUT AND
LOOK AT THE RETENTION POND AND
SAY, OH, IT WAS FINE, IT LOOKS
LIKE A POND, OR IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S -- OKAY BUT OUR CAPACITY
WAS SHRINK EVERYTHING YEAR.
SO WE JUST -- OR IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S DRAINING OKAY.
OUR CAPACITY WAS SHRINKING EVERY
YEAR.
THE MOST VALUABLE THING WE'VE
DONE IN THIS PROCESS IS FILLING
IN THOSE DATA GAPS TO GIVE US A
COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
THANKS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LESSONS
LEARNED WERE CERTAINLY LESSONS
LEARNED ALONG THIS JOURNEY, MULL
PELL YEARS OF WORKING THRAW
THIS.
IF WE'RE TALKING -- MULTIPLE
YEARS OF WORKING THROUGH THIS.
FROM LESSONS LEARNED ONE OF THE
BIG ONES IS REMAIN FLEXIBLE TO
ADJUST TO OBSTACLES.
YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER SOME.
YOU MAY LEARN NEW FACT, AS DAN
WAS SAYING, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW,
DURING THIS PROCESS, THE A365,
SO GOING TO CLOUD-BASED
MICROSOFT OFFICE AND EVERYTHING
RELATED, THAT WAS ROLLED OUT
DURING THIS.
NOT ONLY DID THAT IMPACT WHAT WE
WERE WORKING ON IN THE VERSIONS
OF THINGS AND WHERE THINGS WERE
STORED SO WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH
THOSE HICCUPS, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE
TO HAVE SUPPORT OF YOUR IT FOLKS
IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO THINGS
TO HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO WORK
OUT ANY BUGS THAT ARE ABOVE THE
PERMISSIONS THAT THE FOLKS
WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP HAD, AND
THEY WERE VERY TIED UP FOR A
WHILE BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE
ROCKY ROLLING OUT THIS OTHER
LARGE PROGRAM.
AND WITH THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGY
AND ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT
ARE CONSTANTLY HAPPENING, I
THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO SOME
THINGS LIKE THAT AS TIME GOES
ON, SO IT'S GOOD TO BE PREPARED
TO BE FLEXIBLE AS YOU GO THROUGH
THIS.
I THINK EVERYONE CAN EXPECT THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IT
CHANGES, SOME THINGS YOU EXPECT
ALONG THE WAY, BUT PARTICULARLY
IN THIS CASE, I THINK WHEN
YOU'RE WORKING WITH DATA ACROSS
MANY SYSTEMS, THE ACCESS
REQUIRED, THE SECURITY THAT'S
NECESSARILY INVOLVED, YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND THAT THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT PRESENT
THEMSELVES AS BARRIERS, AND
SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK
AROUND THEM IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER, AND SOMETIMES YOU MAY
HAVE TO CHANGE COURSE AND ALTER
WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO THERE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HARD BLOCK IN
THEM.
SO THE SCORE CARDS AND
DASHBOARDS FOR A DEEP DIVE HERE,
WE LOOK AT THESE A LITTLE BIT.
I KIND OF GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT THE DATA ANALYTICS WERE,
THE SCORE CARDS WHAT THEY WERE
FOR AND THE DATA QUALITY.
AND I CAN GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF
THE SYSTEM DESIGN AND HOW THESE
TOOLS HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES EARLY
LEADERSHIP, SO I'LL PULL THESE
UP.
WE JUST GOT A QUESTION AND I
THINK ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO
ANSWER SOME OF THAT.
SO BRIAN ASKED HOW WERE DATA
SOURCES STANDARDIZED.
I'M GOING TO GO INTO THAT RIGHT
NOW, SO THAT WAS PERFECT TIMING
FOR THIS.
LET ME EXIT THIS SLIDE SHOW, AND
I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE
DETAIL ON THIS.
SO AGAIN, ACTUALLY AT THIS
POINT, I'M GOING TO PULL P OUR
STORMWATER DASHBOARD HERE.
I'LL BRING IT OVER TO THE RIGHT
SCREEN HERE.
I'LL LOOK AT THE ANALYTICS
DASHBOARD HERE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS THAT FEED INTO THIS.
WE HAVE HQIS WHICH IS THE REAL
PROPERTY DASHBOARD, AND THEN WE
HAVE THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL,
IN DAN'S GROUP, HIS
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN INVENTORY, AND THESE
THINGS, THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY DIDN'T
AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT IT
WASN'T TRUE THAT ONE HAD
EVERYTHING AND THE OTHER NEEDED
TO BE JUSTIFIED TO IT.
IT WAS KIND OF A GIVE AND TAKE.
SO WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO SEE
ACROSS THESE.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE KEY IN
POWER BI IS YOU QUERY, AND WE'LL
GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS IN
THE WORKSHOP SESSION AFTER
LUNCH.
BUT JUST TO --
>> MIKE?
>> YES?
>> THERE'S A QUESTION IN THE
CHAT.
HOW WERE DATA SOURCES
STANDARDIZED?
>> YES.
PERFECT.
I'LL GET INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE DIDN'T ALTER THE DATA
SOURCES, BUT WE DID HAVE TO HAVE
THEM TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS TO DO
T YOU CAN MERGE DATASETS
TOGETHER, YOU CAN ALTER THE
DATASETS AND MAKE A DIFFERENT
VERSION.
A LOT OF WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD
WHAT WE'VE GOT IN HERE, THE
MASTER FACILITY LIST, AND
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DISTRIBUTED
ORGANIZATION, THIS IS VERY
CRITICAL.
WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHERE THE
FACILITIES WERE, WHAT THEY WERE
ALL DOING SHES HOW EVERYTHING
RELATED TO THAT.
SO ON A GEOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT,
WE HAD TO STANDARDIZE EVERYTHING
FROM THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
THROUGH THERE.
WE ALSO HAD TO, AND ALL OF OUR
DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS, WE HAD TO
HAVE A TIME SERIES.
NOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE
DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE AN
INDEPENDENT TABLE THAT WAS
MANAGING ALL THAT IS CORRECT BUT
THERE WERE TIMES WHERE WE HAD TO
ALSO HAVE A TIME COMPONENT LIKE
A DATE SCHEDULE THAT THESE ALL
CONNECTED TO AS WELL.
SO WE'LL FOCUS JUST ON THE
FACILITY LIST FOR RIGHT NOW AND
THE WAY THAT WE DID THIS AND WE
HAVE OUR PONDS INVENTORY HERE
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP,
DAN'S GROUP, AND THEN WE HAVE
THIS OVER HERE WHICH IS THE REAL
PROPERTY DASHBOARD.
AND WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE WE WERE
ABLE TO EASILY MATCH UP THE
ENVIRONMENTAL TO THE EXISTING
MASTER FACILITY LIST, WHICH BY
THE WAY IS MADE AVAILABLE,
UPDATED QUARTERLY EXPPS THE SAME
LIST THEY USE A-- AND IS THE
SAME LIST THEY USE ACROSS THE
81ST RD, WE USED THIS LIST, TIED
IT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL LIST
THAT DAN HAD, THAT SYNCED UP
PRETTY WELL, BUT WE HAD A
DIFFERENT SITUATION WITH THE
SYSTEM THAT HELD ALL THE REAL
PROPERTY DATA.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE DEVELOPED
A CROSSWALK LIST, A REFERENCE
LIST THAT HAD THE -- IT TURNS
OUT THEY WERE USING SITE NAMES,
SO WE WENT THROUGH AND RELATED
THAT TO A FACILITY ID, WHICH IS
WHAT THEN TIES BACK INTO THIS.
AND THIS WAS A COMMON THEME THAT
WE SAW THROUGHOUT.
SO IN ORDER TO GET THEM TALKING
TO ONE ANOTHER, WE CAN ALTER IT
SO THEY TALK DIRECTLY, BUT WHAT
WE OPTED TO DO, AND THIS WAS A
KEY, THIS MASTER FACILITY LIST
SHOWS UP SAME LIST IN ALL OF
THESE DASHBOARDS, AND THAT
ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOMETHING
CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL DASHBOARDS
WE'VE GOT BUT ALSO WITHIN EACH
DASHBOARD DIFFERENT DATASETS CAN
RELATE GEOGRAPHICALLY BACK TO A
FACILITY AND IF NECESSARY WE HAD
A TRANSLATION TABLE IN BETWEEN.
BRIAN, DID THAT ANSWER THAT
QUESTION 1234.
>> WE CAN'T GET REALTIME
FEEDBACK.
I'M SORRY.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL CONTINUE ON.
SO THIS IS SOME OF THE INNER
WORKINGS OF HOW THIS WORKS.
THIS IS THIS DATA MODEL SIMILAR
ACROSS ALL OF THESE, THEY ALL
HAVE THESE SET UP, AND THIS IS
KIND OF THE BACKBONE OF A LOT OF
WHAT WE DO.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THIS,
WHICH WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL LATER ON DOWN, BUT
JUST SO YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE,
THERE IS A QUERYING SOFTWARE
THAT BRINGS ALL THAT DATA IN, SO
WE GO THROUGH HERE, WE CONNECT
TO THE DATA SOURCES, AND THAT
IS, ONCE YOU GRAB THOSE AND PULL
ALL THOSE IN, ALL THOSE TABLES
ARE LOADED, AND THIS IS HOW THEY
ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, AND
THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK TO ONE
ANOTHER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
COVERING AS FAR AS ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT AREAS GO.
SO YOU QUERY IT IN, YOU RELATE
THEM TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THEN
YOU'RE ABLE TO DISPLAY USING THE
DASHBOARD BREAKDOWN THAT WE'VE
SHOWED YOU.
LET ME HEAD BACK INTO THE
PRESENTATION HERE.
WE'VE COVERED HERE WHAT WE'VE
GOT IN THE DASHBOARDS GOING INTO
THE DEEP ATTORNEY-CLIENT
PRIVILEGE HERE, AND THEN I THINP
DIVE HERE.
AND THEN I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE DAN JUMP IN HERE AND KIND
OF GIVE SOME CASE STUDIES, HOW
THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL, A LITTLE
MORE DETAILS ON WHAT YOU ALL
LEARNED.
SO DAN, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER
TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
PUTTING TOGETHER THE SYSTEM HAS
ALLOWED US TO IMPROVE OUR WATER
PRMTINWATERPERMITTING FOR ONE T.
WE WERE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH
IN THE PAST HOW -- WHETHER WE
HAD AN EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION AT
EACH ONE OF OUR SITES -- NO
EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION AT EACH
ONE OF OUR SITES.
IT'S HARD TO TRACK THINGS ON A
SPREADSHEET.
PEOPLE LEAVE, INFORMATION GETS
LOST.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN A CENTRAL
REPOSITORY REALLY HELPS.
WE'VE CENTRALIZED DATA, OR
ORGANIZED OUR DATA.
NOW, IN THE ARMY, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DOES NOT PAY FOR
ASBESTOS SURVEYS BUT OUR
FACILITIES GROUP WAS GOING TO
PAY FOR ASBESTOS SURVEYS, WE GOT
THOSE DONE FOR EACH OF OUR
FACILITIES OVER A TWO OR
THREE-YEAR PERIOD TO GET ALL
THAT UPDATED, AND WE'RE ABLE TO
ACCESS THAT VERY QUICKLY TO OUR
DATABASE.
ALL OF THE REPORTS ARE FORMATTED
EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS PULLED
OUT.
WE'VE GONE BACK ALSO ON
RETENTION PONDS, AND WE HAD TO
GO THROUGH AND GATHER ALL THE
DATA ON EACH ONE OF OUR PONDS,
WHICH MEANT EACH FACILITY
CONSTRUCTED SINCE AN ARBITRARY
DATE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT,
THERE WERE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR
PONDS.
WE WERE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE
WERE USING MUNICIPAL STORMWATER
SYSTEMS TO DISPOSE OF OUR
STORMWATER, AND THEN WE STARTED
BUILDING PONDS, SO WE HAD TO GO
BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT THAT
DATE WAS AND COLLECT INFORMATION
ON ALL OUR FACILITIES STHAINS
DAYLIGHT AND IT INVOLVED, WENT
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
MUNICIPALITIES THEN FIGURING OUT
WHAT OUR PERMIT NUMBER WAS, WHAT
THE REQUIREMENT WAS FOR THAT AND
FIGURING OUT WHAT THE INITIAL
DESIGN SPECIFICATION WAS FOR
EACH ONE OF THE PONDS SO WE
COULD GO BACK AND SOMETHING ELSE
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DOESN'T PAY
FOR IS RETENTION POND
MAINTENANCE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO
GET THOSE OR START TO GET THOSE
ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT
FACILITIES OPERATIONS WILL FIND
THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET
THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU KNOW, JUST PULLING ALL THAT
INFORMATION INTO ONE PLACE,
BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE
ARMY RESERVE WAS FUNDING THE
DATABASE FOR EPAS AND THEY WERE
FUNDING A DATABASE FOR WASTE AND
JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT
INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD
DISPLAY IT IN A SIMILAR TYPE
FORMAT FOR SENIOR LEADERSHIP WAS
IMPORTANT, AND WE CHOSE THE
DASHBOARDS AND WE CHOSE THOSE
THINGS BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP
WAS USED TO BRIEFING OTHER
THINGS OR HAVING OTHER THINGS
BRIEFED TO THEM ON THOSE
DASHBOARDS, THEY UNDERSTAND THE
CONCEPT, THEY UNDERSTAND THE
COLOR THINGS, AND IF I TRY TO
BRIEF THEM IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT
IN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
COMFORTABLE WITH IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD, THEY CAN
QUICKLY LOSE INTEREST BECAUSE
IT'S A VERY DETAIL-ORIENTED
FIELD, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR
LEADERSHIP -- AND MAYBE YOUR
ORGANIZATION IS DIFFERENT, BUT
IN OUR ORGANIZATION, THE
NON-ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP CAN
QUICKLY LOSE INTEREST IF WE'RE
NOT GETTING IN TROUBLE, AND
WE'VE RUN THE PROGRAM IN A
RESPONSIVE MANNER TO THE
REGULATORS WHEN ISSUES AROSE.
SO EVEN BEFORE WE STARTED THIS,
YOU KNOW, THIS DIDN'T COME OUT
OF BEING IN TROUBLE, BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T BEEN IN TROUBLE, WE
HAVEN'T BEEN FINED SINCE GOT
HERE.
THIS CAME OUT OF LOOKING AT IT
AND DECIDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO DEEPER AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ALL
THE THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ACROSS OUR
FOOTPRINT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, DAN.
THEN WE'RE WORKING IN HERE.
SO WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE
SESSION AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK,
WHICH IS COMING UP SOON.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME
SCENARIO-BASED EXERCISES SO
WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A LITTLE
DETAIL ON INDIVIDUAL DASHBOARDS,
KIND OF THE CASES WE USE, GIVE A
QUICK EXAMPLE OF THAT EARLIER
WITH THE STORMWATER DASHBOARD
AND HOW THINGS WERE RELATED.
LISA, ANDREA, CAN PEOPLE LEAVE
QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT AS WE DID
ALONG DURING THE WORKSHOP AND WE
CAN PICK THOSE UP AS WE GO SO
THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE
SOME PARTICIPATION FROM THE
CROWD?
WILL THAT WORK 1234.
>> YES.
>> YES, WE'RE DOING THAT.
>> OKAY.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
THANK YOU.
SO THAT WRAPS UP OUR
PRESENTATION FOR THIS FIRST
PART.
I WILL ASK MARY FRANCES AND
SHARI ARE BOTH ON THE LINE ALSO
FROM OUR SIDE.
DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AT THIS
POINT?
WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME BEFORE WE
BREAK FOR LUNCH.
>> THIS IS SHARI KENNEDY FROM
OBO DISTRICT.
NO, SIR.
JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
AUDIENCE TO COME BACK BECAUSE I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A
GREAT TOOL AND IT COULD SUPPORT
MANY ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
AREAS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR
SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU.
MARY FRANCES, HAVE YOU GOT
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ONLY THAT WE DO ENCOURAGE FOLKS
WHO PLAN ON ATTENDING THE
WORKSHOP AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK
TO SEND ALONG ANY QUESTIONS THAT
THEY MAY HAVE.
>> OKAY.
I THINK THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR US
FOR THIS SESSION HERE, SO
ANDREA, WE ARE FINISHED AND
READY TO PICK BACK UP AFTER
LUNCH.
I CAN TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO START BACK
WITH THE DATA ANALYTIC
ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITY TO
DIVE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE
DASHBOARDS, GIVE SOME
SCENARIO-BASED EXERCISES, GIVE
SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT THIS
WAS USED AND WAYS THAT IT
IMPROVED DATA IN SPECIFIC
INSTANCES.
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW DASHBOARDS.
I'M NOT GOING ON TURN ON THIS
SLIDE SHOW JUST YET BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP STRAIGHT
INTO THE DASHBOARDS HERE.
SO TO GET US STARTED, I'M GOING
TO PULL UP THE WASTEWATER
DASHBOARD THAT WE HAD WORKED ON.
DAN, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
SOME OF -- THIS WAS ONE OF THE
ONES THAT THERE WAS A DATA
COLLECTION EFFORT THAT WAS DONE
AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT YOU LEARNED IN THE DATA
ANALYTICS PROCESS.
DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF COVER HOW
YOU GOT THERE, FROM WHERE WE
WERE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW?
>> LIKE I SAID BEFORE THE BREAK,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
FIGURED OUT AND PROBABLY THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING WE FIGURED
OUT IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF
STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW, THAT
WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE A COMPLETE HANDLE ON
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ARMY HAS
INSTITUTED ALL KINDS OF REAL
PROPERTY CONTROLS, BUT IF YOU GO
BACK INTO SOME OF OUR OLDER REAL
PROPERTY DATABASES THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO UPDATE, WHAT YOU FOUND
WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2008 AND THAT
LASTED UNTIL AT LEAST 2012 OR
2015 IS THAT WHEN THEY PUT THE
INITIAL DATA ON AGE OF BUILDINGS
INTO A FACILITY, IF THEY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IF THEY DIDN'T
HAVE IT ON THE SHEET OF PAPER
THAT THEY HAD IN FRONT OF THEM
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THIS
INITIAL DATABASE, THEY PUT IN A
PLUG, AND ALL OF THOSE WERE
1980.
SO AFTER I LOOKED AT IT FOR JUST
A LITTLE WHILE, WHAT I
DETERMINED WA WAS 1980 JUST MEAS
THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
ANSWER IS.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME THAT SAID
1957, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME THAT
SAID 1993, BUT IF IT SAID 1980,
YOU JUST SAID DISREGARD THAT
NUMBER AND GO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS.
ONE TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
REAL PROPERTY ASSETS AND WHAT'S
IN OUR REAL PROPERTY DATABASE,
WHICH WE SENT PEOPLE AROUND TO
COUNT, WE FIGURED OUT PRETTY
QUICKLY THAT IF IT WAS ON THE
SHEET, WE WENT OUT AND VALIDATED
IT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WERE UNDERGROUND, LIKE A WATER
SEPARATOR, IF IT WASN'T INPUT
INTO THE REAL PROPERTY DATABASE
INITIALLY, IT WAS NEVER ADDED
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW TO LOOK
FOR IT TO ADD IT, YOU KNOW,
SEPTIC TANKS WAS ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE HAD SEPTIC TANKS, WE'VE GOT
SEPTIC TANKS AT A HANDFUL OF
SITES.
WHEN I ASKED IF THERE WAS A
NUMBER IN THE REAL PROPERTY
DATABASE F THEY BELONGED IN THE
REAL PROPERTY DATABASE, THE
ANSWER WAS YES, AND IF YOU'LL
TELL US WHERE THEY ARE, WE'LL GO
VALIDATE THEM AND ADD THEM.
SO WHAT WE FOUND HAD A LOT OF
THIS WAS THAT THE INFORMATION
THAT WE HAD WAS NOT VALID, WAS
NOT RIGHT AS WE STARTED DIGGING
INTO THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT
BECAME IMPORTANT, AND WE FIGURED
THAT OUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE WERE PAYING A LOT
OF ATTENTION TO WAS THE DATA
QUALITY AND COMPARISONS OF
DIFFERENT SOURCES AND DID THEY
AGREE.
THEN WE WENT BACK, AND WE'VE
DONE -- THIS BECOMES EXPENSIVE
IN A DISTRIBUTOR ORGANIZATION OF
OUR SIZE, BUT WE'VE GONE BACK
AND I MENTIONED EARLIER SENT
PEOPLE OUT TO INVENTORY AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS
ACTUALLY ARE FOR OUR RETENTION
PONDS, WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF
OUR OIL/WATER SEPARATORS AND
DONE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS ON
OUR OIL/WATER SEPARATORS AND
MADE SURE WE HAD A GOOD
INVENTORY OF THOSE.
WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA
REGARDLESS WHAT WAS IN THE
DATABASE THAT WE HAD AN
OIL/WATER SEPARATOR AND ONLY ONE
AT EACH ONE OF OUR VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE SHOPS, BUT WE WENT
OUT TO VALIDATE THAT.
GREASE TRAPS, YOU HAVE MORE THAN
ONE GREASE TRAP AT A NUMBER OF
OUR FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THE
KITCHEN.
BACK FLOW PREVENTERS, YOU KNOW,
WE DETERMINED AND WE HAD AN
EMPLOYEE WHO HAD COME FROM A
MARINE CORPS BASE AND HE SAID
WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WHEN WE
STARTED OUR PROGRAM OF FIGURING
STUFF OUT, WE REALIZED WE DON'T
KNOW HOW MANY BACK FLOW
PREVENTERS WE HAD, AND HE SAID I
DON'T THINK WE KNOW HOW MANY
BACK FLOW PREVENTERS WE'VE GOT,
WHICH IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING THOSE
ANNUALLY IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR
TENANTS.
SO WE WENT BACK AND WE
DISCOVERED, OKAY, WE AVERAGE
THREE BACK FLOW PREVENTERS PER
FACILITY BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEBODY
GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR BACK FLOW
PREVENTERS, AND YOU'VE GOT THE
ONE MAIN BACK FLOW PREVENTER
THAT THE CITY CARES ABOUT BUT
PROTECTS THE SYSTEM FROM
BECOMING CONTAMINATED, BUT
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER COUPLE OF
BACK FLOW PREVENTERS AT MOST OF
OUR FACILITIES THAT PROTECT OUR
TENANTS FROM THE WATER SYSTEM
WITHIN THE BUILDING BECOMING
CONTAMINATED, AND WE WEREN'T
CHECKING ALL THOSE, WE DIDN'T
HAVE THEM ON OUR LIST TO CHECK,
AND WE WEREN'T CHECKING THEM
ALL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS DATA IS
IMPORTANT.
IF OUR RETENTION PONDS AREN'T
DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE DOING, THEN WE AREN'T, AND
AREN'T HANDLING THE VOLUME OF
WALTER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
HANDLE THEN THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
WILL BECOME OVERLOADED BEFORE
THEY ANTICIPATE IT BECOMING
OVERLOADED, SO ALL THIS DATA IS
IMPORTANT, AND THE MORE WE DIG
INTO IT, THE MORE WE'VE REALIZED
WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING THAT
AS THE ISLAND OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE
INCREASES, SO DOES THE SHORELINE
OF IGNORANCE.
SO WE'RE STILL LEARNING, WE'RE
STILL ADJUSTING, AND GETTING A
BETTER HANDLE AT IMPROVING OUR
COMPLIANCE STATUS ALL THE TIME.
MIKE?
>> YES.
SO YOU HEARD A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
VERY SIMILAR SCENARIOS FOR
PONDS, FOR OIL/WATER SEPARATORS
AND FOR BACK FLOW PREVENTERS, IN
THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
TRACKS THOSE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND HEALTH REASONS.
BUT THEY ARE MANAGED, AND DAN,
AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MAINTAINED BY
EO FAC OPS CONTRACTS?
>> YES, WE HAVE A GROUP THAT
HANDLES OUR FACILITY
MAINTENANCE.
THEY HANDLE THE MAINTENANCE,
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
RESPONSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE WAY
THE ARMY DIVIDES THESE THINGS
AND THE FUNDING FLOWS, BUT I
WENT TO PONDS AND I MAY HAVE
SAID THIS EARLIER, WHEN I WENT
TO (?) PONDS AND SAID, OKAY,
THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
MAINTAIN THIS, THEY SAID, OKAY,
I'VE GOT IT, IT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY, MY MONEY, WHAT'S
THE REQUIREMENT 1234 AND, YOU
KNOW, AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DIVISION CHIEF, IT'S PART OUR
OVERALL DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC
WORKS, YOU KNOW, ONE, I'M
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
SO IF WE GET INTO ANY KIND OF
ISSUE, I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE
THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE
REGULATORS, AND ANY SORT OF
INTERNAL FINGER POINTING, THE
REGULATORS DON'T CARE.
THEY WANT US TO FIX THE PROBLEM,
SO I SAID OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL
GO OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
REQUIREMENT IS.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK IN AND
LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS
SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THESE
SURVEYS?
I PAID FOR SOME OF THEM AND
FACILITIES PAID FOR SOME OF
THEM, AND WE GATHERED ALL THIS
INFORMATION.
BUT IT'S PART OF INTEGRATING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORT INTO THE
OVERALL ENTERPRISE MISSION.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I CAN'T
JUST UNDERSTAND -- I CAN'T JUST
UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS, ALTHOUGH, YOU
KNOW, IN THE BACK OF OUR ARMY
REGULATION, WHERE IT GOES TO
REFERENCES, THERE ARE 26 PAGES,
THE APPENDIX THAT CONTROLS
REFERENCES IS 26 PAGES, SO I
ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM JUST
UNDERSTANDING THAT, BUT THAT'S
NOT ENOUGH.
I'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
ORGANIZATION DOES, WHAT ASSETS
WE HAVE, AND WHAT OUR WORK
PROCESSES ARE IN ORDER TO WORK
TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE LEVEL.
THANKS.
>> SO THE COMPARISON ACROSS THE
SYSTEMS IS ALSO RELATED TO, YOU
KNOW, WHAT THESE DIFFERENT
GROUPS MAY BE LOOKING AT AT
DIFFERENT TIMES.
IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MAINTENANCE
ON SOME PONDS, I'LL ACTUALLY
FLIP BACK TO, LET'S GO TO
OIL/WATER SEPARATORS.
THESE ARE RETENTION PONDS, BACK
FLOW PREVENTERS, OIL/WATER
SEPARATORS, ALL EXAMPLES OF REAL
PROPERTY TRACKED INFORMATION.
SO THE REAL PROPERTY DATABASE IN
THIS CASE, HQIIS, HAD
INFORMATION AND THEN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION HAD
INFORMATION.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS
CASE RIGHT HERE IS THIS WAS AN
INSTANCE, JUST TO SHOW THE
DIFFERENCE, AND THAT IS WE HAD,
THIS WAS WHEN FLORIDA HAD BEEN
COMPLETED WITH AN UPDATED
SURVEY.
SO YOU HIT THE INITIAL DASHBOARD
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND
WE'RE COMPARING ACROSS THE
SYSTEMS, WE KNOW THAT THE
INFORMATION IS NOT COMPLETE, AND
AS DAN MENTIONED, THERE WERE
SOME SURVEYS THAT WEN OUT,
DETAILED -- THAT WENT OUT,
DETAILED SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT,
FOUND THESE OIL/WATER SEPARATORS
AND WHERE THEY WERE, AND YOU CAN
SEE THE DIFFERENCE HERE IN
FLORIDA.
SO THIS IS WITH THE NEW
INFORMATION THAT CAME IN.
SO THE INITIAL DASHBOARD WAS
SHOWN, GAVE YOU AN IDEA THAT
THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME
INFORMATION GATHERED.
STARTED GATHERING THE
INFORMATION THAT COMES IN STATE
BY STATE, AND IN THIS CASE WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, FLORIDA,
IT HAD COME IN, A LOT OF DETAIL
PROVIDED IN THE OIL/WATER
SEPARATOR INFORMATION.
SO THINGS THAT WEREN'T
NECESSARILY AVAILABLE BEFORE OR
MAY BE AVAILABLE HERE AND THERE,
BUT NOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY
HAS BROUGHT THIS IN, YOU KNOW,
MORE COMPLETE FORMAT AND WE'RE
SHOWING THE INFORMATION THEY GOT
ON ALL OF THESE OIL/WATER
SEPARATORS FROM THE NEW SURVEY.
AND WE HAVE QUITE A BIT MORE
THAN WE HAVE IN THE REAL
PROPERTY DATABASES.
IF THERE IS A ROUND OF CONTRACTS
THAT INCLUDES FLORIDA THAT IS
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
MAINTENANCE OF OIL/WATER
SEPARATORS, THIS NOW GIVES A
RELIABLE RECORD THAT CAN BE
COMPARED TO WHAT'S IN THE REAL
PROPERTY DATABASE, AND THEY CAN
CHOOSE TO UPDATE THAT DATABASE
AS TIME GOES ON.
BUT AS THE CONTRACT GOES ON,
YOU'VE GOT RELIABLE INFORMATION
THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO FOLKS IN
FACILITY OPERATIONS SO THAT THEY
CAN PUT THAT INTO THEIR OWN
CONTRACTS AT THESE FACILITIES,
SAY THESE NEED TO BE CHECKED
EVERY YEAR AND MAINTAINED AS
NECESSARY, NOW YOU'VE GOT
INSTEAD OF ELEVEN, THAT WE'RE
SOMEWHERE IN HERE, WE'VE GOT
DETAILED INFORMATION ON 28.
IF A REGULATORY ISSUE COMES UP
THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING,
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO
THOSE IMMEDIATELY, BUT ONE OF
THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN BE MOST
PREPARED FOR THAT IS BY HAVING A
RECENT INSPECTION ON SOME OF
THIS REAL PROPERTY THAT MEETS
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE LOCALITY.
AND IN THIS CASE, YOU WOULD BE
BETTER PREPARED BECAUSE YOUR
FACILITIES HAS THE FUNDING
BECAUSE IT WAS COUNT IN THERE IN
THE INVENTORY THAT WENT OUT ON
THE CONTRACT, TO KEEP UP ON
THESE INSPECTIONS SO THAT YOU'VE
GOT THOSE READY AND YOU CAN SHOW
THAT YOU'RE COMPLETING YOUR DUE
DILIGENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FOLKS.
BUT ALSO, YOU CAN IDENTIFY THESE
THINGS AHEAD OF TIME AND GET
SOME OF THESE ON TRACK TO BE
UPDATED PRIOR TO THOSE ISSUES
COMING UP IF AN INSPECTION WOULD
TAKE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
CERTAINLY BETTER EVEN IF YOU
HAVEN'T DONE THE MAINTENANCE
THAT'S NEEDED ON AN OIL/WATER
SEPARATOR TO SHOW, WELL, WE'VE
DONE THE INSPECTION, IT'S ON
THERE, THIS IS ALREADY
SCHEDULED, HERE IS THE TIMELINE,
1K3 YOU CAN WOR,AND YOU CAN WORH
THEM AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE
ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF ANY ISSUES
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
BEFOREHAND.
THE TIME FRAME, I'M SURE MANY
PEOPLE REALIZE, THE TIME FRAME
FOR IDENTIFYING AN ISSUE WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND THEN
IDENTIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE AND IDENTIFYING WHO IS
GOING TO DO IT, WHAT THE COST
IS, ALLOCATING THAT MONEY,
SCHEDULING IT, GETTING THEM OUT
THERE AND COMPLETING THAT WORK,
THAT CAN BE A LONG TIME FRAME.
SO GETTING THESE CAUGHT EARLY,
GETTING THEM WELL INVENTORIED
AND PUTTING THEM IN THE CONTRACT
TO BE MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR
BASIS PUTS YOU IN A FAR SAFER
POSITION AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO
EXECUTE ON THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THOSE, THE DATA ANALYTICS
PROJECT ALLOWED NOT ONLY TO BE
ABLE TO SEE ACROSS THE SYSTEMS
BUT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT
AT LEAST ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS
HAS TO BE THE SOURCE OF TRUTH.
WHICH ONE IS IT GOING TO BE?
HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE DONE?
1K3 THAT IS A WAY THAT THESE
DASHBOARDS HELP TO DRIVE ACTUAL
WORK, ACTUAL RESULTS, AND TO
IMPROVE THE LONG TERM
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OF THE
DIVISION AND THE 8 AS A WHOLE.
TRAFNLGT I SEE A QUESTION THAT
CAME IN, LISA POSTED, SAYING HOW
IS THE DATA REVIEWED AND WHAT IS
THE FREQUENCY?
IT DEPENDS ON THE DATASET
ITSELF.
IN THIS CASE THESE OIL/WATER
SEPARATORS, THIS WAS KIND OF A
LEVEL SET.
SO YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU GET
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED
AND GET A COMPREHENSIVE DATASET
THAT SHOWS ALL THE DATA POINTS
THAT YOU WANT TO SHOW.
SO JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA BEHIND
THE SCENES OF WHERE THIS
INFORMATION IS COMING FROM, YOU
HAVE THIS FLORIDA INFORMATION,
THERE IS A CODE SYSTEM BRINGING
THIS IN, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES,
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THAT
ONE COLUMN, BUT YOU'VE GOT
STATUS, PURPOSE, CONFIGURATION,
MANUFACTURER, MODEL NUMBER, A
LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN GO A LONG
WAY TOWARD GETTING AN ACCURATE
DEPICTION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE
MAINTAINED OUT HERE.
NOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS, THE
DATA WOULD BE REVIEWED AS THEY
NEED TO BE INSPECTED.
SO SAY THAT THESE NEED TO BE ON
AN ANNUAL INSPECTION FREQUENCY.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH TO LOOK AT
THESE, THEN YOU WOULD UPDATE
YOUR STATUS WHILE SOME OF YOUR
METADATA FEATURES MAY STAY THE
SAME IN HERE, OR YOU MAY BE
FILLING IN SOME OF THE GAPS THAT
SHOW UP.
DAN?
>> YEAH, MIKE.
WE UPDATE THE DATA POOL ON A
MONTHLY BASIS BUT A LOT OF THE
DATA DOESN'T CHANGE THAT OFTEN.
YOUR HAZARDOUS WASTE DATA WILL
BE UPDATED, YOUR EPAS DATA WILL
BE UPDATED, BUT YOUR CHANGE IN
REAL PROPERTY RECORDS HAPPENS,
YOU KNOW, NOT ON AN HOURLY OR
NOT ON A CLOCK TYPE BASIS BUT ON
A CALENDAR BASIS, AND IT'S MUCH,
MUCH SLOWER TO GET UPDATED ONCE
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR AND THEY GO OUT TO VALIDATE
IT, IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE
THEY GET OUT TO THE SITE TO
VALIDATE IT TO ADD IT TO THE
PROPERTY RECORDS, SO THOSE
THRINGZ TAKING A WHILE TO
CONVERGE -- THINGS ARE TAKING A
WHILE TO CONVERGE, BUT WE'RE
UPDATING THE DATA MONTHLY.
BUT THE BIGGEST UPDATE ON THAT
WHICH IS IN EPAS WHICH IS AN
INSPECTION PROGRAM AND IN YOUR
HAZARDOUS WASTE DATA.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE UPDATE IT FREQUENTLY, ALL
OF THEM GET UPDATED ON A MONTHLY
BASIS, BUT DEPENDING ON THE
DATASET, THE DATA MAY ACTUALLY
BE STATIC IN THAT NEW DATASET
BUT THEY ALL GET UPDATED WITH
WHATEVER THE CURRENT INFORMATION
IS THAT'S BEEN LOGGED IN THE
LAST MONTH, AND AS DAN SAID,
EPAS IS UPDATED, THESE ARE
HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY, THE
UPDATES.
SO EVERY MONTH YOU'LL SEE SOME
ON THESE WEBCAST SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES MOST OF THIS DATA, IS
CONSTANTLY RECEIVING NEW
INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S AN
ONGOING, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY
UPDATED PROGRAM.
SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THESE
REAL PROPERTY ANALYSES AND THOSE
WENT A LOT TOWARD JUST HAVING
VISIBILITY ACROSS THE SYSTEMS,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE, YOU CAN UPDATE THIS AND
THEN SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS,
YOU CAN FEED THAT DATA BACK OUT
TO OTHER PLACES, AND THAT'S A
BASIC LEVEL THING THAT HOOPPED A
LOT OF THE DASHBOARDS.
AS THINGS PROGRESS, YOU CAN GET
INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL
WITH SOME OF YOUR ANALYSES, SO
IN THIS, FOR THE 81ST, THE EPAS
WAS THE MOST ADVANCED, HAD THE
MOST COMPLETE DATA, AND LENT
ITSELF TO AN IN DEPTH
CATEGORICAL ANALYSIS TO ALLOW
FOR A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE
DEEPER FINDINGS WITHIN THESE.
SO I WANT TO RUN THROUGH HERE
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS
SCORECARD.
THIS IS A SCENARIO WHERE YOU'RE
REALLY DOING MORE ADVANCED
ANALYTICS IN HERE TO ALLOW FOR
OPTIMIZING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN
YOUR PROGRAM.
SO IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IS WE DEVELOPED, WE SAID
WHAT ARE SOME METRICS THAT YOU
WOULD WANT TO TRACK WITH REGARD
TO YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS AND
THE INFORMATION COMES IN AS
FINDINGS, FOLKS GO OUT TO THE
SITE, THEY INSPECT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL -- THE FACILITY
ASK THEY PUT IN ANY FINDINGS,
WHICH ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
CORRECTED.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SEVERITIES
DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE.
AN ENTIRE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED
TO CLASSIFY THESE, AND IT'S BEEN
CONSISTENT FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS DATA THAT WE
CAN LOOK AT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AFTER A
LOT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE
METRICS SHOULD BE, IT WAS
SETTLED THAT WE HAD THESE FOUR
THAT WE COULD WORK WITH.
THE NUMBER OF FINDINGS THAT YOU
HAVE AT THE SITE.
WERE THERE PREVIOUS FINDINGS
THAT INVOLVED THIS?
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GETTING
REPEATS OF THE SAME THING,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD
WANT TO KNOW.
IDEALLY YOU'RE CORRECTING WITH
THESE HAPPEN SO YOU DON'T WANT
TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT REMAINS
FROM A PREVIOUS FINDING.
THE CLASS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY
THAT IT WAS ASSIGNED BASED ON
THE CRITERIA, WHAT WAS THE
SEVERITY OF THESE?
AND THEN HOW MANY FIND GZ ARE
OPEN?
SO -- FINDINGS ARE OPEN?
ONCE THEY'RE OPENED UP, THEY'RE
DISCOVERED, THEY'RE OPEN UNTIL
THEY'VE BEEN RESOLVED AND THEN
THEY'RE CLOSED.
AND THE WAY THAT THIS WAS DONE
IN BASIC TERMS WAS, AGAIN,
GREEN, AMBER, RED, BUT WE
ASSIGNED THEM ONE'S, TWO'S AND
THREE'S, AND THEN THERE WAS A
DISCUSSION AS WE WENT THROUGH
THIS, IF YOU'RE AGGREGATING
THESE FOR A PARTICULAR STATE,
LET'S SAY, HOW DO YOU AGGREGATE
THE SCORES?
DO YOU JUST -- IS IT BETTER TO
USE -- WE WENT BACK AND FORTH A
LITTLE BIT ON, DO YOU USE
AVERAGES OR DO YOU USE MEDIAN?
AND THEY EACH HAVE THEIR
BENEFITS DEPENDING ON WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
A MEDIAN DAY INTO ACCOUNT A VERY
HIGH OUTLIER, IT DOESN'T WEIGHT
IT AS MUCH.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY HIGH OR VERY LOW, IT COUNTS
AS JUST AN INDIVIDUAL DATA
POINT, MEDIAN BEING THE MIDDLE
OF THE DATA POINTS, WHERE THE
AVERAGE ACTUALLY TAKES THE VALUE
OF THAT, WHICH IF IT'S VERY HIGH
OR VERY LOW CAN THROW YOUR
AVERAGE OFF A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AGAIN, THE MEDIAN LOCKS YOU
INTO SOME PUTTING YOUR STRAIGHT
UP INTO THESE NUMBERS AND
DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE NUANCE AS
FAR AS GIVING YOU THE DECIMAL
PERCENT NAJ SOME OF THESE CASES.
WE IS THE THEM ALL UP ON AVERAGE
BUT LATER ON WHAT WE DID HERE IS
THIS ENTIRE SCORECARD CAN
ACTUALLY BE ADJUSTED.
ALL OF THE CALCULATIONS ARE
STILL DONE, BUT THEY'RE DONE
WITH MEDIANS INSTEAD OF
AVERAGES, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT
THESE AND SEE WHERE YOU FALL
WITH THESE DIFFERENT ONES AND
THEN THEY DO CHANGE SOME BASED
ON WHERE EVERYTHING FALLS OUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFTER
TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH TO USE,
WE SAID WHY DON'T WE GIVE A LOOK
AT BOTH OF THEM, AND THROUGH
TIME, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
THIS AND SEE IF ONE OR THE OTHER
OR ACTUALLY BOTH IS WHAT YOU
NEED TO BE LOOKING AT TO GET THE
BEST IDEA OF WHERE TO TAKE YOUR
ACTION.
DAN, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS KIND
OF A LATER EDITION -- LATER
ADDITION WHERE WE PUT MEDIAN IN
THERE TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT BOTH
OF THEM, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT YOU CHAMPIONED.
WHAT WAS YOUR THINKING BEHIND
THAT AND HOW DO YOU USE IT?
[PAUSE]
>> SORRY, I LOCKED UP FOR JUST A
SECOND.
YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT ON THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAIN AND
THE MEDIAN WAS PULLED FROM
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, YOU
KNOW, FINANCIAL DATA, SEEING HOW
MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT THAT
MADE IN LARGE DATASETS, IF YOU
WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE
SAVINGS, THE MEAN SAVINGS FOR
RETIREMENT AS PEOPLE APPROACH
RETIREMENT AT SOMETHING OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE MEDIAN
BEING MUCH LOWER IN THE 200,000
NET WORTH RANGE, AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S JUST A HUGE DIFFERENCE
THERE.
AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE
WHETHER THE WAY WE WERE CUTTING
THE DATA MADE A DIFFERENCE IN
OUR FINAL DETERMINATION.
SO MUCH LIKE WE SET UP THE RISK
ANALYSIS SO THAT WE COULD
MEASURE THE SENSITIVITY TO THE
RISK ANALYSIS, I WANTED TO TAKE
A LOOK AT WHETHER THAT MADE ANY
DIFFERENCE OR NOT.
AM I GETTING A PRETTY GOOD
SCORE, BUT MY AVERAGE FACILITY
IS -- OR MY MEDIAN FACILITY,
HALF MY FACILITIES ARE TOTALLY
FAILING, AND I'M HIDING THAT
BEHIND A HIGH AVERAGE AND SOME
OUTLIERS?
AND JUST LOOKING AT THE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO
IMPROVE -- AND JUST LOOKING AT
THE DATA A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I WANT TO
SIMPLIFY THINGS AS MUCH AS I CAN
BUT ONLY AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I WANT TO STOP BECAUSE
OVERSIMPLIFICATION CAUSES
PROBLEMS, SO I WANT TO MAKE IT
AS SIMPLE AS I CAN BUT NO
SIMPLER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS AND
UNDERSTAND, OKAY, ARE WE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, OR ARE WE JUST
IMPROVING A FEW FACILITIES SO IT
LOOKS GOOD IN THE METRICS THAT
WE'RE TRACKING BUT WE'RE LEAVING
SOME -- WE'RE LEAVING THE BLUSK
OUR FACILITIES BEHIND.
-- THE BULK OF OUR FACILITIES
BEHIND.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BALANCING
LOOKING THE ATHINGS FROM
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO TRY TO
GET A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON ON THE
GROUND IN THE ORGANIZATION SO
THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH IT THE WAY
IT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH.
>> RIGHT.
AND THE IDEA OF HAVING A TOGGLE
RATHER THAN MAKING AN EXACT
DECISION ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE FOLLOWS WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER CHOICES THAT WERE MADE IN
HERE, AND THIS WAS A STRATEGIC
CHOICE THAT WAS MADE PURPOSELY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
MAKING -- WHEN YOU'RE ADDING
SOME LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVITY INTO
WHERE A FACILITY FALLS, SO, YOU
KNOW, ON THE ANALYTICS PAGE, WE
LOOK AT JUST WHAT THE DATA IS
AND AGGREGATE IT, SHOW IT IN
HERE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO SOMETHING
LIKE SCORING, YOU'RE COMPARING
AGAINST A THRESHOLD, AND YOU'RE
LOOKING AT CERTAIN CRITERIA.
THESE WERE DECIDED UPON AS THE
CRITERIA THAT MOST IMPACTED
THIS.
SO THEY WERE PUT IN AS THOSE
THAT FACTOR INTO THE OVERALL
SCORE.
BUT OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THERE'S A
PERCEPTION FROM DIFFERENT FOLKS
IN THE CHAIN AS TO WHAT THE
BIGGEST PRIORITY WAS.
WHAT SHOULD BE USED TO MEASURE
THESE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
AND IF YOU MAKE A DECISION
WITHOUT HAVING SOME ABILITY TO
VARY THAT LIVE IN FRONT OF
SOMEBODY AND SEE WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE IS, THEN IF THAT
PERSON DISAGREES WITH THE
CRITERIA YOU SELECTED, THE
ENTIRE CONCLUSION IS KIND OF
LESS -- IT RINGS TRUE WITH THEM
LESS.
SO IN THIS CASE, SAY SOMEBODY
WAS LOOKING ALTHO AT THIS SCORED
THEY DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
PREVIOUS FINDINGS, I JUST THINK
THAT SOMETHING ISN'T QUITE
LINING UP WITH THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE JUST DON'T
HAVE THAT INCLUDED?
WE INVOLVED AN OPTION THERE
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT AND
SEE WHERE YOUR SCORE ENDS UP AT
THIS POINT.
SO WHEN YOU GO IN AND YOU'RE
TALKING TO YOUR FOLKS ON THE
GROUND, IF THEY HAVE SOME
DISPUTE ON THAT, YOU COULD JUST
SAY, WELL, THIS IS HOW WE
DECIDED IT'S GOING TO BE DONE
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO
BE, BUT UNTIL YOU'VE REALLY
LOCKED IN ON ALL THIS AND
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS
TO LOOK AT THIS, A LOT OF
PERSPECTIVES TO SEE IT, IT'S
MORE BENEFICIAL IN A LOT OF WAYS
TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VARY
THESE, AND THAT'S WHERE AN
INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD CAN HELP.
TURNING ON AND OFF THESE
DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND BEING
ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOUR SCORE WAS,
IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, YOU
KNOW, I DON'T REALLY THINK THE
PREVIOUS FINDING IS BEING
ACCURATELY DEPICTED THERE, IF
YOU END UP WITH ROUGHLY THE SAME
SCORE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS,
THEN WHETHER YOU HAVE IT OR
WHETHER YOU DON'T, THAT POINT OF
CONTENTION IS TAKEN OUT OF
CONSIDERATION AND YOU MAY HAVE
THE SAME CONCLUSION AT THE END
AND IT SAYS OKAY, I GET IT, SO
REGARDLESS, THAT'S GOING TO END
UP BEING SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH.
BUT IF THERE IS A BIG
DISCREPANCY IN THIS, THAT'S WHEN
YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO DETAIL,
WHICH CAN GO RIGHT INTO THE
QUESTION THAT BRIAN HAS POSTED
HERE, AND THAT'S, FOR EPAS
FINDINGS DASHBOARD IS IT
POSSIBLE TO DRILL DOWN TO AN
INDIVIDUAL FINDINGS FOR A
LOCATION?
AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
IN FACT, YOU CAN DO THE SCORE
FOR INDIVIDUAL LOCATION,
ALTHOUGH IT TENDS TO BE BETTER
FOR A LARGER AGGREGATION LIKE A
STATE.
SO IN THIS CASE HERE, LET'S SEE,
WE'RE GOING O TO PRETEND THAT
WE'RE SOMEBODY AGAIN WITH
ALABAMA.
WE'RE GOING TO GO IN, WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT THE ALABAMA
FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE,
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR
LET'S SAY JUST FISCAL YEAR '23
FOR THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE
GOT SOME DATA IN THERE FOR THAT.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE ENDED UP
WITH THAT IN ALABAMA, PERFORMING
HERE, DOING PRETTY WELL, AND YOU
CAN SEE THAT OUR CLASS SCORE
SEEMS TO BE THE LOWEST OF ALL
THOSE THAT WE'VE GOT IN HERE.
IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT AN
INDIVIDUAL FACILITY, WE CAN
SELECT AN INDIVIDUAL FACILITY
AND SEE WHERE IT SCORES ON
EVERYTHING, YOU ALSO HAVE THIS
PERSPECTIVE.
THERE ARE THREE FINDINGS THAT
ARE FACTORING INTO THIS.
SO WHILE YOU'RE GETTING THESE
SCORES, HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY
COUNT ON THIS IF IT'S ONLY GOT
THREE FINDINGS WITH IT?
WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GOING
TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE NOT
COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT
ALABAMA FOUR IS REFLECTING
SCORES EXACTLY THE WAY THAT WE
NEED TO.
WE DON'T SEE ANY BIG TROUBLE
HERE.
BUT LET'S GO INTO A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL.
WE WOULD GO OVER TO OUR
ANALYTICS PAGE AND WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO DO THE SAME FILTERING
THAT WE DID IN THE OTHER PLACE,
AND WE CAN SELECT THAT SAME
FACILITY AND WE CAN LOOK AT SOME
OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE GOT
HERE.
SO HERE ARE OUR THREE.
YOU GO IN HERE, THIS ONE IS
CLOSED, WE HAVE GOT THAT DEALT
WITH HERE.
THIS ONE IS IN PROGRESS ASK THIS
ONE IS OPEN.
-- AND THIS ONE IS OPEN.
SO WE CAN GO IN, WE CAN SEE SOME
OF THE BREAK DOWN, WE KNOW WHAT
THE CLASS IS, THIS IS WHERE
YOU'VE USE #-D THE SCORECARD TO
KIND OF GIVE YOU AN INDICATION
SH OKAY, MAYBE WE UNDERSTOOD TO
GO INTO SOME MORE DETAIL HERE.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU'VE GOT THIS BROKEN DOWN, AND
WE CAN SEE OUR PROGRAM AREAS
THAT ARE INVOLVED.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT
THE PROGRAM AREA TOO WITHIN THE
81ST RD, ALL OF THESE PROGRAM
AREAS HAVE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO
WORK WITH THOSE.
EPAS ALSO HAS A PERSON DEDICATED
TO WORKING WITH EPAS.
SO THEY REALLY CAN GO INTO THESE
DETAILS AND FIND THESE TYPES OF
THINGS AND USE THIS TO WORK INTO
SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC
GUIDANCE THAT THEY CAN GIVE
PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD.
SO THAT IS A WAY YOU CAN DRILL
INTO, DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL
FINDINGS FOR A LOCATION.
YOU CAN DO IT WITHIN THE
SCORECARD BUT THEN YOU CAN
COUPLE THAT WITH YOUR DEEPER
ANALYTICS INFORMATION THAT
YOU'VE GOT HERE, AND YOU CAN GET
FROM THAT HIGH LEVEL DOWN TO THE
LOWER LEVEL.
LISA BRINGS UP A GOOD QUESTION
HERE.
IS THERE ANY ALERT OR WAY TO
IDENTIFY A FINDING THAT MIGHT
CREATE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION?
THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ARE NOT
ACTIVELY TRACKED IN THIS.
DAN TORQUES WE HAVE ANYTHING
WHERE WE DO THEM IN THAT REAL OF
TIME, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY OR
WE'RE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THAT
BASED ON THE PACE, LIKE YOU
SAID, IT'S NOT A TIME BASED,
IT'S NOT ON THE CLOCK, IT'S MORE
ON THE CALENDAR.
HAVE YOU HAD ANYWHERE YOU HAD AN
EMERGENCY THAT YOU WERE BEING
ABLE TO FLAG IN HERE, OR IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF ON
YOUR RADAR FOR POTENTIAL LATER
ON?
>> WE'RE NOT AN INDUSTRIAL
OPERATION THAT IS REALTIME
MONITORING PROCESSES, SO WE
DON'T HAVE THINGS LINKED IN
RIGHT NOW WITH THIS ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET
SOME OF OUR MONTHLY REPORTING,
OUR MONTHLY INSPECTIONS AT THE
DIFFERENT FACILITIES ONLINE SO
THAT WE CAN FEED THAT INTO THE
SYSTEM AND IT WILL POINT OUT ON
THE INVENTORY SIDE WHEN WE NEED
TO SCHEDULE A HAZARDOUS WASTE
PICKUP, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE
THERE YET.
BUT MOST OF OUR PROCESSES, IF WE
HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION,
IT'S NOT GOING ON SHOW UP HERE,
IT'S GOING ON SHOW UP IN A
REPORT FROM THE FIELD STAFF, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD STAFF, THE
FACILITIES FIELD STAFF, THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSIGNED AS
FACILITY MANAGERS AT THE
DIFFERENT FACILITIES █ARE
PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST
PERSON TO SEE SOMETHING LEAKING,
A SEWAGE BACKUP, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
WE'RE COUNTING ON THE PEOPLE ON
THE GROUNDER TO REPORT THOSE
THINGS -- ON THE GROUND TO
REPORT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT THE SORT OF THINGS
AYOU CAN LINK TO AND ASSESS
THEM.
RIGHT NOW OUR FACILITIES
OPERATIONS IS LOOKING AT LINKING
CENTRALIZED CONTROLS ON ALL OF
THE BUILDINGS, BUT THAT'S NOT
GOING TO CATCH MOST OF OUR
PROBLEMS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN ON THE WATER
SIDE, IF IT CATCHES A WATER
LEAK, THAT'S MOSTLY THEIR
PROBLEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT SLOWER TO
CATCH A SEWAGE-TYPE LEAK WHERE
WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM AND WORK
WITH THE LOCAL REGULATORS TO
CLEAN IT UP.
SO NO, THAT IS NOT TRACKED
THERE.
YES, WE ARE TRACKING ROOT CAUSES
OF THE FINDINGS.
THOSE ARE TRACKED IN THE BASE
SYSTEM THAT WE PULL ALL THIS
DATA FROM.
THE ROOT FINDINGS ARE IN HERE
ALSO BUT YES, THOSE ARE TRACKED,
AND WE IDENTIFY A ROOT CAUSE FOR
EACH ONE OF OUR FINDINGS ON THE
INTERNAL EPAS AND THE SAME THING
HAPPENS BECAUSE EVERY THREE
YEARS WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL
INSPECTION ARE OUR HIGHER
HEADQUARTERS, AND THEY IDENTIFY
AND WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH
THEM ON THE FINDINGS AND THE
ROOT CAUSES OF PARTICULAR
FINDINGS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO
ADDRESS THEM AT THE ROOT CAUSE
LEVEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FRAN
FRANKLY, MUCH LIKE THE MEDICAL
SYSTEM, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TREATING THE SYMPTOMS TO TRY TO
MAKE YOUR FEVER GO AWAY WITHOUT
EVER DEALING WITH THE ROOT
CAUSE, AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE GO
BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN AND WE TRY
ON DEAL TO DEAL WITH THAT.
DISPAISH WE TRY ON DEAL WITH AN.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT BY FINDING.
I THINK WE CAN DIVIDE THIS UP BY
FINDING AND PULL A PARTICULAR
FINDING AT EACH FACILITY OR A
PARTICULAR TYPE OF FINDING AT
EACH FACILITY.
I THINK MIKE CAN SHOW YOU THAT.
ON SOME OF THE DETAILS INSIDE A
PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM
MANAGER WORKS MUCH MORE CLOSELY
ON DEVELOPING THAT THAN I DO.
I WAS FOCUSED ON THE DASHBOARDS
IN THE FRONT, AND THEN IN
PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF DETAIL
THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS IN THE BACK
OF THE SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN
RUN THE PROGRAM THE WAY THEY
NEED TO AND FILLING IN THE DATA.
SO I AM NOT AS CONVERSANT IN
SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THESE
DATABASES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE
KEEP GROWING STUFF, AND WE STILL
DON'T HAVE THE REPORTING
DATABASE BECAUSE WE FILE REPORTS
IN THE ARMY EVERY YEAR BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT TO REPORT TO
CONGRESS, AND WE WORK WITH CLEAN
EXPWRUP A COUPLE OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE NOT YET TIED INTO
HERE -- CLEANUP AND A COUPLE
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET
TIED INTO HERE AND SOME OF THEM
MAY NEVER BE.
BUT I HAVE FOCUSED ON HOW WE
PRESENT THIS TO OUR LEADERSHIP
WITH THE LEVEL OF FIDELITY THAT
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
PRESENTED IN A FORMAT THAT THEY
CAN UNDERSTAND IT IN WITHOUT
MISLEADING THEM, AND THE PROGRAM
MANAGERS HAVE WORKED MORE
CLOSELY WITH ARRANGING THE
DETAILS IN EXACTLY HOW THEY
WANTED TO SHOW PARTICULAR
FINDINGS AND THINGS.
I'VE ARGUED WITH THEM SOME, BUT
IT WAS MOSTLY AT HOW DO WE
DISPLAY THIS, YOU KNOW, LET'S
SET IT UP SO THESE CHARTS LOOK
LIKE THE CHARTS THAT OUR
MAINTENANCE PEOPLE ARE BRIEFING
THEIR OPERATIONS IN SO THAT AT
LEAST THEY UNDERSTAND THE
CONCEPT 1K AND I'M NOT CONFUSING
THEM BY WEIGHTING THINGS
DIFFERENTLY OR HAVING THINGS
MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OR
USING DIFFERENT COLORS.
MIKE?
>> SURE.
1K3 SEEING YOUR QUESTION, BRIAN,
FOR DRILLING DOWN, CAN YOU DRILL
DOWN DEEPER, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN
YOU PULL UP LOCATIONS THAT WERE
CITED FOR NOT LABELING HAZARDOUS
WASTE CONTAINERS?
SO I DRUG IN A FIELD HERE.
THIS ILLUSTRATES A LARGER POINT
THAT GOES WITH THE STRATEGY OF
COUDOING THIS AND HOW OF TO MAKE
SOME DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY AS
TO WHAT DETAILS YOU'RE GOING TO
GO INTO AND WHAT DETAILS YOU'RE
GOING TO KIND OF LEAVE IN THE
BACKGROUND.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON
HOW YOUR DATA IS CONFIGURED.
IS IT READY TO BE ANALYZED AND
GIVE YOU THE RESULTS THAT ARE
RELIABLE AND CAN GIVE YOU GOOD
INFORMATION AND AND HOW DO YOU
CHOOSE HOW MUCH TO PUT IN THESE
SO THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED
BUT YOU'RE NOT OVERWHELMED WITH
TOO MUCH INFORMATION?
IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT.
IN THIS CASE, I WAS ABLE TO GO
IN, WE HAVE THESE DETAILS, THIS
DETAIL COLUMN THAT GIVES MORE
INFORMATION.
SO THAT SHOULD BE CAPTURED IN
THESE DETAILS.
NOW, WHEN IT COME TO IF YOU
WANTED TO PULL ANALYSIS ON
THESE, IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT
WE NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICS OF
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT TYPES OF
THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT A MORE
GRANULAR LEVEL, THEN AN EFFORT
WOULD NEED TO BE PUT IN TO LOOK
AT ARE THESE BEING CAPTURED IN
THESE DETAIL SHEETS AND IN THESE
DETAIL COLUMNS THAT ARE MORE
FREE TEXT?
AND IF SO, WE DETERMINE THAT WE
NEED TO DO THIS, IT'S NOT BEING
TRACKED IN A MORE DISCREET
VALUE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WAS THE
ISSUE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE, WE
HAVE A DROPDOWN THAT SAYS IT
WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CONTAINER WAS
DAMAGED OR IT WASN'T LABELED
CORRECTLY, WHICH ONE IS THAT?
FROM A DROPDOWN MENU OF COURSE
YOU CAN GET CONSISTENT ANSWERS,
YOU CAN ANALYZE THAT DATA, YOU
CAN CATEGORIZE IT AND SLICE AND
DICE IT AS YOU WANT TO.
BUT FROM A TEXT FIELD, AND THIS
IS PUTTING ASIDE THE IDEA THAT
WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY COMING IN
ALL THE TIME THAT CAN BETTER
PARSE OUT TEXT.
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LEVEL
AVAILABLE FOR US TO PARSE IT OUT
RELIABLY IN THIS CASE, AT LEAST
NOT YET.
SO SURE, YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS
IN HERE, BUT YES, YOU COULD GO
DOWN TO THOSE DETAILS, BUT YOU
HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION AND
IT'S A COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN
A LOT OF CASES.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?
ARE WE IN A POSITION WHERE WE
CAN DO IT WITH THE DATA WE HAVE?
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WHAT WOULD
IT TAKE FOR US TO GET THERE?
1K3 IS IT REALLY GOING TO GIVE
US WHAT WE NEED -- AND IS IT
REALLY GOING ON GIVE US WHAT WE
NEED, OR IS IT JUST AS EASY FOR
SOMEONE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO
ONLY THREE FINDINGS BASED ON THE
OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE AND
THEN GO IN AND SEE WHAT'S GIVING
US OUR MOST TROUBLE WITH A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MANUAL READ
ON IT?
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE PROGRAM
EXPERTS THAT ARE IN ALL OF THESE
AREAS, AND THIS ISN'T MEANT TO
TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY GOT.
IT'S MEANT TO MAKE IT EASIER,
GIVE THEM MORE VISIBILITY SO
THAT THEY CAN DO A DEEPER AND
MORE THOROUGH JOB WITH THIS
ASSISTING THEM.
SO THEY REMAIN JUST AS BUSY AS
THEY WERE, SOMETIMES EVEN MORE,
BECAUSE THIS IS POINTING OUT
THINGS THEY MAY NOT HAVE SEEN
RIGHT AWAY TO ATTACK, BUT IT
GIVES THEM THE ABILITY NOT TO --
THIS DOESN'T TAKE THE PLACE OF
THAT NECESSARILY.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO
FOCUS ON THESE THINGS WHERE YOU
CAN GET DOWN THE DETAILS MORE
QUICKLY AND GIVE MORE THOROUGH
ANSWERS.
SO THAT'S I THINK ALONG THE WAY
WE FOUND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
WHERE PEOPLE SAID, WELL, I WOULD
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND
THE CHOICE CAME DOWN TO, WHAT IS
IT GOING TO TAKE TO DO THAT?
ARE WE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT?
AND IS IT WORTH PURSUING GIVEN
WHERE WE ARE AND HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO US?
DAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THAT?
I KNOW WE HAD PLENTY OF THAT
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, MAKING
CHOICES ON WHAT WE CHOOSE TO
LOOK AT AND WHAT WE KIND OF HELD
OFF ON, GIVEN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO
THAT?
12K3W4R50 I>> IT IS AN INTERESTG
SITUATION, BECAUSE EVERY TIME
WE'VE ADDED SOMETHING, WE'VE
IMPROVED OUR STATUS IN THAT
AREA, AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS
THAT NO GOOD DEED GOES
UNPUNISHED.
SO AS WE GOT A BETTER HANDLE ON
OUR NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION
STATUS AND WE ENSURED THAT EACH
ONE OF OUR MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES WAS ENROLLED WITH THE
STATE IN EITHER AN NPDES PERMIT
OR A NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION,
WE DRASTICALLY INCREASED THE
NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WE HAD
FROM THE STATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING
BETTER, BUT THAT CREATES MORE
WORK FOR THE WATER PROGRAM
MANAGER, IT CREATES MORE WORK
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD
STAFF TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING
STRAIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF
OUR SITES.
AND IN THE ARMY RESERVE, WE HAVE
A HANDFUL OF SITES IN THE
SOUTHEAST THAT ARE 50 ACRES AND
UP.
MOST OF THEM ARE 20 ACRES AND
UNDER.
SOME OF THEM ARE 3 ACRES.
SOME OF OUR OLDER FACILITIES ARE
IN THE 3 ACRE RANGE.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A 3 ACRE SITE
SITTING SOMEWHERE, IF YOU DON'TS
REGISTER IT WITH THE STATE, THE
ODDS OF THEM SHOWING UP TO
INSPECT THE SMALL MAINTENANCE
FACILITY ARE PRETTY LOW.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU ADD IT TO
THEIR DATABASE, THEY ADD IT TO
THEIR LIST, AND WHEN THEY'RE
RIDING AROUND DOING SITE
INSPECTIONS, THEY COME VISIT
YOUR FACILITY.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE WHAT TO
ADDRESS, AND WHEN YOU GO INTO
THE DASHBOARDS, YOU'VE GOT TO
DECIDE WHAT TO DISPLAY, HOW DO
YOU WANT TO SLICE THIS, BECAUSE
THE AMOUNT OF DATA YOU'VE GOT IS
OVERWHELMING.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO COMPLEXIFY TO
PULL ALL THIS STUFF IN SO THAT
THEN YOU CAN SIMPLIFY IT.
IF YOU FORGET EITHER ONE, THEN
YOUR SYSTEM IS JUST GOING TO
BECOME UNUSABLE.
IF YOU GO INTO MIMI DOCUMENTS
FOLDER, I'VE GOT SO MANY FOLDERS
NOW, IT BECOMES VERY HARD FOR ME
TO SORT THINGS BECAUSE IT WAS
SORTED WELL FOR A WHILE AND THEN
THERE'S SOME OVERLAP, SO IT GETS
TO BE A MESS, AND YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE SOME DISCIPLINE IN YOUR
SYSTEM AS TO WHAT GOES IN, HOW
YOU ORGANIZE T HOW YOU SLICE IT,
AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT
SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, THEY CAN
PULL IT OUT AND USE A
SPREADSHEET OR SOMETHING TO LOOK
AT THAT, YOU KNOW, RUN SOME
PIVOT TABLES IN EXCEL OR
WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
ONLY GO SO DEEP, WE CAN ONLY
SHOW SO MUCH, AND OUR PROGRAM
MANAGERS FOR THE MOST PART
PRIORITIZE THAT, AND I LOOK AT
WHAT THEY RECOMMEND AND, YOU
KNOW, AS LONG AS THE REASONING
MAKES SENSE, THEN WE ADOPT, THEN
WE ADOPT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPED OR
CONFUSED, BUT THAT IS OUR
PROCESS.
>> DAN BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.
IT'S NO GOOD DEED GOES
UNPUNISHED.
YOU FIND OUT THINGS YOU DIDN'T
KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
ALWAYS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT, THERE IS
ALSO AN AS SP AN ASPECT TO THISG
ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS IF REGULATORS COME
IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THINGS
AND THERE'S AN IMPROVEMENT THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE --
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE FOUND IF A REGULATOR
SHOWS UP SOMEWHERE.
I WAS A REGULATOR MYSELF, I VERY
INFREQUENTLY TWOANTD A SITE
WHERE, YOU KNOW -- VERY
INFREQUENTLY WENT TO A SITE
WHERE THERE WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT WE COULD POINT OUT.
BUT THERE IS A BIG BENEFIT THAT
COMES ALONG WITH HAVING THE DATA
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, EVEN IF YOU
HAVEN'T SLICED AND DICED IT
WITHIN THE LEVEL OF THESE
DETAILS THAT YOU GOT AND IF
YOU'RE OPERATING IN THAT MORE
DETAILED AREA, YOU'VE KIND OF
HANDLED MORE OF THE BASICS AND
THEN YOU DIG IN AND YOU FIND OH,
WELL, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS
TOO, YOU'RE OPERATING ON A LEVEL
THAT'S PRETTY GRANULAR, YOU'VE
GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S
GOING ON AT YOUR SITE, AND IF
YOU'RE VISITED BY A REGULATORY
INSPECTOR OR SOMEBODY FINDS AN
ISSUE THERE, IN MY EXPERIENCE IT
HAS CERTAINLY BEEN TRUE THAT IF
SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THEIR FACILITY, THEY CAN
GIVE YOU ANSWERS AS TO WHAT THE
LAST STUFF THAT WAS DONE AND
THEY CAN DO IT RELATIVELY
QUICKLY WHICH IS KIND OF A CASE
THAT THE 81ST 2350EU7BDZ ITSELF
MORE SO NOW IN SOME OF THESE,
THEY COULD MAKE A CALL BACK TO
HEADQUARTERS AND HAVE THE
PROGRAM MANAGER PULL UP SOME
INFORMATION ON THIS AND NARROW
IN ON IT QUICKLY.
THE SPEED OF YOUR RESPONSE, THE
COMPLETENESS OF YOUR RESPONSE,
THE LEVEL TO WHICH YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THINGS CAN CERTAINLY
BUY YOU A LOT OF CREDIT WITH THE
REGULATORS TO THEN UNDERSTAND
YOU'VE GOT YOUR SITE UNDER
CONTROL.
AS OPPOSED TO THEY GO SOMEPLACE
AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME GET
ANSWERS, NOBODY SEEMS TO QUITE
BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR FINGER ON
IT, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
THINGS THAT GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE
CORRECTIONS WITHOUT IT GETTING
BEYOND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING
THAT WAS MENTIONED IN A REPORT
THAT WENT ON, YOU COULD MAYBE
AVOID NOV'S OR ANYTHING BEYOND
THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING AT THAT
COMES ALONG WITH IT, SINCE YOUR
PREPAREDNESS SHOWS HOW MUCH
YOU'VE GOT GOING ON THERE, AND
SO IT BUYS YOU A LOT OF ABILITY
TO WORK WITH FOLKS AND BE ABLE
TO AVOID SOME OF THE RISK THAT
CAN COME ALONG WITH ANYTIME A
REGULATOR SHOWS UP ON A
FACILITY.
I AM LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS WE
HAVE HERE.
WHO DEVELOPED THESE, AND CAN
THEY BE SHARED?
DAN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT
ONE ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHARING
ABILITY?
FROM A PERMISSIONS STANDPOINT, I
MEAN, NOT FROM THE FEASIBILITY.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE E-MAILED TO
SOMEBODY IF YOU REALLY WANTED
TO, BUT CAN YOU DO THAT?
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I THINK
THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED.
>> YES.
YEAH, LOOK, WE DEVELOPED THESE
DASHBOARDS AT THE 81ST.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT
PROPRIETARY TO JACOBS
ENGINEERING, THOUGH TO THIS
POINT, WE WORKED WITH JACOBS
ENGINEERING EXCLUSIVELY ON THE
DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE GOT ONE OF THE 20 PEOPLE IN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION IS
FOCUSED ON DATA AND MAINTAINING
THE DATABASE THAT THIS DRAWS
FROM.
SO WE FEED INFORMATION INTO THE
DATABASE AND THEN PULL IT OUT
INTO THESE DASHBOARDS.
SO YES, THERE'S NOTHING
PROPRIETARY ABOUT EITHER THE
DATABASE OR THE DASHBOARDS, AND
FRANKLY, WE SET IT UP THAT WAY
IN THE HOPE THAT I COULD
INTEREST MY HIGHER HEADQUARTERS
IN WHAT WE'RE DOING 1K3 THAT,
YOU KNOW, THEY COULD SPREAD IT
TO THE OTHER GEOGRAPHIC COMMANDS
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FACILITIES IN THE ARMY RESERVE
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD
COME UP WITH AN ENTERPRISE
SOLUTION.
SO YES, WE CAN SHARE THE
DASHBOARDS WITH YOU, AND I'M NOT
HIDING ANYTHING.
IF WE WERE, WE WOULDN'T BE
PRESENTING IT HERE ON THIS
SYMPOSIUM.
>> SHARI, I KNEE YOU HAVE YOUR U
HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> YES.
SO WHAT DAN IS SAYING IS TRUE.
WHENEVER WE EXECUTED THIS TASK
ORDER, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW,
ONCE -- AND MY LANGUAGE MAY NOT
BE EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT THE BACK
END WAS CREATED AND PUT IN A LOT
OF EFFORT SO THAT LIKE DAN WAS
SAYING, IF ANOTHER ARMY
INSTALLATION OR EVEN ANOTHER
SERVICE WAS INTERESTED IN THIS
REQUIREMENT, THAT THE BACK END
WOULD ALREADY BE CREATED, IT
WOULD JUST BE US TWEAKING IT TO
SUPPORT YOUR INSTALLATION OR
YOUR GROUP OF INSTALLATIONS.
OVER.
>> YES.
AND I WILL BRING UP A DIAGRAM
THAT I'VE GOT AVAILABLE HERE.
I HAD IT IN CASE WE WANT TO GIVE
IT A LOOK.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS, SO THE
ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM OF THIS
SOLUTION IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT
SHOWN HERE.
THERE ARE EXTERNAL DATASETS THAT
COME IN, AND THIS HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED INTERNALLY BY THE
81ST.
EVERYTHING NOW GOES THROUGH THIS
AS KIND OF A CLEARINGHOUSE
THROUGH MS ACCESS ACTUALLY,
WHICH IS JUST SERVING AS THE
FRONT END.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CONVERTED NOW
BUT WHERE SHAREPOINT IS HOLDING
A LOT OF THIS, 365 DOES HOUSE A
LOT OF THIS INFORMATION, IT'S
GOT ONE FOOT IN THAT WORLD WHILE
YOU STILL HAVE THE KIND OF
LEGACY ACCESS RUN INTO THIS.
BUT EVERYTHING THEY FEED
ADDITIONAL DATA INTO HERE, BUT
THE EXTERNAL DATASETS FROM A LOT
OF THE STUFF WHICH I'LL COME
BACK COME IN THROUGH THIS AS
WELL.
SO AS TIME WENT ON, RATHER THAN
US HAVING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
DATASETS THAT WERE FEEDING INTO
THE BACK END OF POWER BI, NOW
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING COMING INTO
THIS CENTRALIZED DATABASE THAT'S
BEEN DONE AS A RESULT OF US
DOING THE DATA ANALYTICS, THE
DATA MANAGEMENT WAS UPGRADED.
BUT BY THAT HAVING BEEN DONE AND
BY A LOT OF THIS STUFF BEING
TRANSFORMED BEFORE IT'S SHOWN IN
THE DASHBOARDS, WHAT YOU END UP
WITH IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ALREADY DEVELOPED AS FAR AS WHAT
THE SCHEMA NEEDS TO BE, HOW THIS
NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT, WHAT YOU
NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO FEED
THIS, AND THEN YOU CAN SWAT OUT
DIFFERENT COLUMNS FOR OTHER
COLUMNS DEPEND OG WHAT YOUR
DATASET IS.
IF YOU SEE THE MASTER FACILITY
LIST, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE, WHICH
WE SHOWED EARLIER IN THE EPAS,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER
FACILITY LIST THAT IS COMMON
ACROSS HERE, THIS IS IN THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, BUT
THE KEY IS YOU HAVE AN
IDENTIFIER WITH A FACILITY AND
THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE METADATA
GOING ALONG WITH IT, AND IT'S
THE SAME WITH ALL OF THE OTHER
DATASETS.
SO NOW THAT THE SCHEMA HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED, A LOT OF THAT, IT'S
KNOWN HOW TO LINK THEM TOGETHER,
WHAT TYPE OF STUFF YOU WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE TO SHOW STUFF ON
THE FRONT END.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE -- WITHIN
THE ARMY RESERVE, YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A VERY EASY TIME
ADAPTING TO THIS.
BUT IF YOU WERE A DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATION THAT'S SET UP
DIFFERENT AND WILL YOUR DATA IS
COMPILED DIFFERENTLY, YOU COULD
STILL USE THIS SCHEMA TO REALLY
BE FAR AHEAD OF WHERE THE 81ST
WAS AT THE BEGINNING.
SO A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN SOLVED
FOR AND YOU'VE GOT A TEMPLATE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING
YOUR DATA, LINING IT UP TO THE
TEMPLATE AND THEN EXECUTING TO
BRING THAT THROUGH TO SEE YOUR
DATA IN THERE.
SO DAN HAS BROKEN GROUND ON THIS
AND DEVELOPED IT I WOULD SAY AN
AEXPROACH A TEMPLATE THAT -- AN
APPROACH AND A TEMPLATE THAT CAN
BE APPLIED TO MANY DIFFERENT
PLACES, AND BY DOING THAT, YOU
SAVE A LOT OF THE INITIAL STEPS
THAT WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, EVALUATION
OF WHAT TO USE, HOW TO LAY THIS
OUT, HOW TO PUT ALL THAT
TOGETHER.
A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS NOW YOU
HAVE AN OVERALL ARCHITECTURE
DIAGRAM AND KIND OF HOW TO DEAL
WITH THAT, AND IT CAN BE
TRANSLATED TO VIRTUALLY ANY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN CONTACT
ME, BUT I THINK SHARI IS
PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO
CONTACT TO START THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, AND ONE THING WHILE
WE'RE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE
GOT TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE BECAUSE
THE ARMY G9 WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR OVERALL INSTALLATION
MANAGEMENT AT THE HEADQUARTERS
LEVEL, IT USED TO BE CALLED THE
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT, THEY
ARE CONSOLIDATING SEVERAL DATA
SOURCES BECAUSE THERE WERE
SEVERAL IN THE ARMY, SEVERAL
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IN
THE ARMY THAT DID EPAS AND
SEVERAL SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS IN THE ARMY THAT DID
WASTE, AND SO G9 IS
CONSOLIDATING THOSE, WE'RE ALL
GOING TO THOSE SYSTEMS, SO THEN
WE HAVE TO TWEAK, YOU KNOW,
WHERE WE'RE PULLING THE DATA
FROM AND THERE MAY BE SOME
SLIGHT CHANGES IN DATA
CONFIGURATION THAT WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD OF IT
AND SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, IT'S
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND WE'VE
GOT TO EVOLVE WITH IT.
IT BECOMES WHAT I'VE HEARD
REFERRED TO AS A RED QUEEN
PROBLEM, WHERE ONCE YOU GET
STARTED, YOU HAVE TO RUN FASTER
AND FASTER JUST TO STAY IN
PLACE.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE, BUT
IF YOU DON'T RUN FAST, YOU FALL
BEHIND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWEAKS
WITH YOUR DATA SOURCES AS THAT
CHANGES, SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
A CONSTANT LOW LEVEL OF UPDATING
THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
ENSURE YOU'VE GOT THE MOST UP TO
DATE INFORMATION IN YOUR SYSTEM.
>> YES.
THAT I THINK BRINGS US THROUGH
THE SCENARIOS THAT WE HAD
PRIMARILY OUTLINED HERE.
WE WANTED TO GO INTO SOME OF
THOSE DETAILS.
THANK YOU FOR SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME
LEFT, AND I'M WAITING JUST TO
SEE IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COME
IN.
BUT I THINK THAT AS FAR AS OUR
PREPLANNED PRESENTATION, I THINK
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THROUGH.
ANDREA, HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED
FROM HERE?
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE,
BECAUSE I'VE KIND OF BEEN GOING
BACK AND FORTH, I APOLOGIZE,
BETWEEN TRACKS OR SOME OTHER
THINGS, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ALL WERE ABLE TO BROACH ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I SEE
HERE WHERE BRIAN PUT SOME THINGS
UP.
>> YES.
>> IN THE QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS.
>> YES, AND WE DID GET INTO
THOSE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY BE
LISTENING IN AND DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO WRITE IT IN 1234 FEEL
FREE TO CHIME IN NOW IF YOU
WOULD LIKE.
BECAU.[PAUSE] THIS WAS AN EXCELT
PRESENTATION, YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
.THANK YOU.
I'M SURE DAN WOULD AGREE, WE
COULD ADDRESS THIS FOR A WEEK IF
WE TRIED TO GET INTO ALL THE
DETAILS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT AND
TRY ON MAKE SURE WE COULD KEEP
EVERYBODY ENGAGED WITHOUT
GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS,
BUT IT'S GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND
THAT FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE
DASHBOARDS, THERE IS A PROGRAM
MANAGER IN THE 81ST THAT DEALS
WITH THIS.
SO THEY CAN GO INTO THOSE
DETAILS, THEN THEY CAN KIND OF
AGGREGATE IT AND PREPARE IT
QUICKLY FOR PRESENTATIONS FOR
FOLKS OUTSIDE, FOLKS HIGHER UP
IN THE COMMAND.
SO IT HAS BEEN A FUN PROCESS TO
GO THROUGH.
IT HAS DEFINITELY HAD ITS
CHALLENGES, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO WORK OUT, AND THE DASHBOARDS
ARE IN DIFFERENT PLACES
DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
EPAS BEING MORE ADVANCED.
SOME OF THE OTHERS JUST BEING
KIND OF EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
BUT CERTAINLY FOR MYSELF, I
THINK FOR DAN AND EVERYBODY,
IT'S BEEN A GOOD LEARNING
PROCESS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
ALL HAVING US HERE.
THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
EVERYONE THAT PRESENTED TODAY IS
UP HERE IF YOU WANT TO GET IN
CONTACT.
AND I GUESS I'LL PUT IT OUT TO
DAN AND SHARI AND MARY FRANCES
IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO ADD IN HERE AS WE'RE
WRAPPING UP.
>> I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT
WE'VE -- IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FIELD, WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING, PARTICULARLY IN OUR
DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZATIONS WHERE
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE
SITES, YOU KNOW, ACROSS A
REGION, THAT WE'VE GOT TO
IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF FIDELITY
THAT WE'VE GOT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THE
ATHINGS AND NOT LOSE -- WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS AND
NOT LOSE THE FACT THAT OUR
LEADERSHIP CARES ABOUT THINGS AT
THE 800-FOOT LEVEL, BUT WE'VE
GOT TO ZOOM INTO THE DETAILS,
AND IF WE DON'T ZOOM DOWN INTO
THE DETAILS AT THE INDIVIDUAL
SITE LEVEL, TO FIX IT, AND WE'VE
GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH, AND,
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET OUR
DATA ORGANIZED INTO ONE SYSTEM
WHERE WE CAN DO BOTH --
[PAUSE]
>> SOMEHOW YOU WENT MUTE.
>> I'M SORRY.
I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO
OUR LEADERSHIP AT ONE LEVEL, BUT
I'VE ALSO GOT TO BE ABLE TO
FOCUS IN ON THE PROBLEM AND
APPLYING THE RESOURCES THAT
WE'VE GOT TO FIX PROBLEMS.
AND IT JUST BECOMES OVERWHELMING
WHEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 28
DIFFERENT MAJOR PROGRAMS, ALL
THE DIFFERENT LAWS, ALL THE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO ORGANIZE
THAT DATA, YOU'RE JUST MANAGE OG
A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS -- YOU'RE
JUST MANAGING ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
MAKE ANY PROGRESS, YOU'RE JUST
TREADING WATER.
AND THAT WAS THE INTENT HERE WAS
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE
COULD DO MORE THAN TREAD WATER,
WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY MANAGE
AND, YOU KNOW, STRIVE FOR
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF MARY FRANCES
OR SHARI WOULD LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING ELSE.
>> NO, JUST THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY, FOR LISTENING IN
TODAY AND FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
GREAT QUESTIONS TODAY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING OUR TEAM
PRESENT.
>> IT WAS AN EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, THE
NEXT SESSION WILL BE AT 3:45.
I GUESS WE CAN ALLOW PEOPLE TO
JUST GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE
EARLY BREAK AND BE BACK AT 3:45.
>> WAIT.
I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE TWO TRACKS AT
3:45 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.
ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING ENVELOPE
WITH SARAH HOLCOMB WILL BE
RETURN AT 3:45 TO THIS TRACK,
WHICH IS TRACK 3, DAY 3.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ARMY
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REVISED LEAD
AND COPPER RULE AND LESSONS
LEARNED, THAT WILL BE IN TRACK
1, DAY 3, WHICH WAS
SUSTAINABILITY EARLIER TODAY.
SO THAT WILL BE IN TRACK 1.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT SO PEOPLE AREN'T
CONFUSED THIS AFTERNOON.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION?
OKAY.
>> THIS IS SHARI.
I'VE BEEN ASKED FROM SEVERAL --
WELL, ALL -- ASKED FROM SEVERAL,
WILL ALL THE PRESENTATIONS BE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET OR CAN
THEY GET THE SLIDES?
THERE WERE SOME AREAS WHERE
MAYBE THEY RAN ONE TRACK AND
THEY FOUND THINGS THAT ANOTHER
TRACK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
REVIEW.
>> ALL THE SLIDES THAT ARE
PROVIDED TO US WILL BE POSTED ON
FED CENTER WITHIN THE NEXT 30
DAYS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
SO IT'S UP TO THE PRESENTERS TO
PROVIDE THEM TO US.
AND ONCE THEY DO, IT TAKES A
WHILE TO GET EVERYTHING
FORMATTED.
THEY SAID GIVE IT ABOUT A MONTH,
AND IT SHOULD BE ON FED CENTER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THEY HAD ACCIDENTAL INDUSTRIAL
FIRES AND SPILLS, AND THEY HAD
SOME PRETTY POOR WASTE
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SO AS A
RESULT THERE IS SOME
CONTAMINATED SOIL, SEDIMENT,
GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER
AND THE CONTAMINANTS WERE
CHEMICALS AND RADIOACTIVE
CONSTITUENTS SO AS A RESULT WHAT
HAPPENED WAS EPA AND SBI
ACTUALLY RAIDED THE FACILITY ON
JUNE 6, 1989 AND THEY SHUT DOWN
THE PLANT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A WORST
CASE SCENARIO, BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE OF
OUR HISTORY AND TO LEARN FROM
THAT HISTORY SO WE DON'T MAKE
THE SAME MISTAKES.
OKAY.
SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BET
ABOUT WHERE LOS ALAMOS IS, WE
ARE IN THE BEAUTIFUL STATE OF
NEW MEXICO, AND WE'RE KIND OF IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF NEW MEXICO,
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE
SURROUNDED ON FOUR SIDES BY NOT
JUST NATIONAL FORESTS, WE HAVE A
NATIONAL MONUMENT, AND WE'RE
ALSO SURROUNDED BY A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT INDIAN PUEBLOS.
SO WE'RE IN A GORGEOUS PART OF
THE STATE.
THE LABORATORY WAS ESTABLISHED
IN 1943, AND IT'S A BIG
FACILITY, IT'S ABOUT 36 SQUARE
MILES AND WE HAVE 47 DIFFERENT
TECHNICAL AREAS WITHIN THAT 36
SQUARE MILES.
WE'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME NEW
MISSION AT THE LABORATORY SO
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A BUNCH OF
HIRING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 17,000
EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE
LABORATORY NOW.
THE NEAT THING ABOUT OUR
FOOTPRINT IS THAT WE HAVE BOTH
URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, SO WE GET
TO SEE WILDLIFE ALL THE TIME AS
WE'RE DRIVING AROUND, AND IN
THOSE URBAN AREAS, WE HAVE OVER
2600 BUILDINGS, AND THOSE ARE
OFFICES, LABORATORIES IN VARIOUS
INDUSTRIAL SITES, BUT I WILL SAY
THAT WITH THE LABORATORY BEING
ESTABLISHED IN 1943, WE DO HAVE
SOME AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, SO
THAT DOES CREATE SOME WORK FOR
US ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF SO THAT
WE STAY ON TOP OF IT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FACILITIES
AT TLAB.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THE LABORATORY, OUR MISSION IS
TO SOLVE NATIONAL SECURITY
CHALLENGES THROUGH EXCELLENCE,
SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKING AT
EMERGING THREATS, ENERGY
SECURITY, NUCLEAR DETERRENCE AND
NUCLEAR THREATS AS WELL AS THE
NEW MISSION WE'VE ACQUIRED IN
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS
PRODUCTION.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
HISTORY IS IMPORTANT POWS TO
LEARN FROM -- IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO LEARN FROM.
A COUPLE OTHER HISTORICAL
EEFNGHTS SPECIFIC THAT WE LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT WITH FOLKS ARE IN
THE AIR AND WATER AREAS.
SO FOR AIR, THERE WAS A SHOP
APPLICABLE THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT
SUED OVER SO AS A RESULT OF
NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH THAT
LAWSUIT WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST
TITLE FEEF OPERATING PERMIT IN
2004, TITLE FIVE.
WE STILL MAINTAIN THAT PERMIT
OBVIOUSLY TO THIS DAY, AND THEN
ON THE WATER SIDE, WE HAD A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS
HAPPEN.
IN THE 1990S, WE HAD A SERIES OF
13 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS ISSUED
FROM EPA BECAUSE OF WATER
QUALITY VIOLATIONS FROM
OPERATIONS DISCHARGING TO
VARIOUS WATERS IN THE LABORA
LABORATORY.
SO I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT LATER BUT AS A RESULT
OF THOSE 13 ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDERS, WE'VE INSTITUTED VARIOUS
PROGRAMS WITHIN THE LAB TO HELP
CONTROL THOSE INDUSTRIAL
WASTEWATER DISCHARGES.
AND THEN IN ANOTHER LAWSUIT, WE
WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME
STWURMT ISSUESSTORMWATER ISSUES.
BACK WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS
BEING BUILT THE SCIENTISTS AT
THAT TIME WERE VERY FOCUSED ON
THEIR WORK AND BACK IN THE 40S
TWHREANLT THE ATTENTION TO
THE -- WASN'T THERE WASN'T THE
ATTENTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT WE
HAVE TODAY AND THEY WOULD TAKE
THEIR WASTE AND THROW IT OVER
INTO THE CANYONS SO AS A RESULT
UNDER RCRA WE NOW HAVE VARIOUS
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT THUNTS
ARE RELATED TO THOSE WASTE
PRACTICES IN THE PAST, AND THE
LAWSUIT THAT WE RECEIVED SAID
THAT STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM
THOSE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
UNITS WAS NOT BEING MANAGED
PROPERLY AND WAS CONTRIBUTING TO
EXCEEDANCES OF WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS.
SO BY WORKING THROUGH THAT
LAWSUIT, WE RECEIVED WHAT I
BELIEVE IS THE NATION'S ONLY
INDIVIDUAL STORMWATER PERMIT FOR
DISCHARGES FROM THE SOLID
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT UNITS.
THINGS WE NEED TO LEARN FROM IN
OUR PAST AND WE KEEP FOLKS AWARE
OF THESE THINGS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
SO THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IN
THIS TALK TODAY, WE'RE A NUCLEAR
FACILITY, SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE
THAT WE ALL CAN USE.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN
THE NONNUCLEAR PERMITTING OR
LICENSING ENVELOPE WHO ARE OUR
REGULATORS, WHAT ARE OUR
REGULATIONS, AND HOW MUCH
TROUBLE CT LAB GET INTO AND WHAT
IS THE RISK -- HOW MUCH TROUBLE
CT LAB GET INTO AND WHAT WAS THE
RISK.
BEFORE I MOVE ON I WILL SAY THAT
LOS ALAMOS IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST REGULATED INDUSTRIAL
SITES IN THE COUNTRY, SO YOU'LL
SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN
I CONTINUE DESCRIBING WHAT WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS.
I WILL TRY TO CHANGE THIS TO
PRESENTATION MODE.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE NUCLEAR
OPERATING ENVELOPE, SO WHAT WE
OFTENTIMES TALK ABOUT IS IN THE
SAFETY PART AND THE SECURITY
PART.
IN 10 CFR 30 IT TBAWKS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF HAZARD CONTROLS
THAT ARE NOT ONLY IN PLACE TO
ENSURE PROTECTION OF WORKERS AND
THE PUBLIC BUT THE ENVIRONMENT
IS IN THERE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CONSTANTLY EMPHASIZE TO
EVERYBODY WORKING UP HERE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BUBBLE
IT LOOKS PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT WHEN
YOU EXPAND THAT BUBBLE, AND I
JUST DID THIS FOR VISUAL EFFECT,
YOU CAN SEE THE VAST NUMBER OF
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO
STAY ON TOP OF.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CLEAN AIR
ACT AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT, BUT
WE HAVE RCRA REQUIREMENTS, WE
HAVE STATE GROUNDWATER
REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE EPCRA, WE
HAVE DOT, WE HAVE NEPA,
LONG-TERM STORAGE, ALL TYPES OF
THINGS.
IT MAY SEEM SIMPLE TO THOSE THAT
DON'T LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORLD BUT IT IS QUITE ICTD
COMPLL.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE FOR
VISUAL EFFECT, THIS KIND OF
GIVES YOU A TASTE OF SOME OF THE
REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH.
SO EACH OF THE BLUE BOXES HERE
REPRESENTS OUR FEDERAL PERMITS
WE HOLD AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER
OF FEDERAL REGULATORS.
SO ASIDE FROM DOE ITSELF WE HAVE
THE EPA, THE DID OF INTERIOR,
DCHT AG, AND THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS AND THEN EVERYTHING IN
GREEN BOXES IS THE STATE
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH.
SO THE STATE REGULATORS ARE THE
NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE
STATE ENGINEER.
SO ON TOP OF THAT LAST SLIDE, WE
VAWLS A NUMBER OF OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WE
HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
SO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT,
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME THAT IF LOS ALAMOS
WAS NOT A NATIONAL LABORATORY,
IT WOULD BE A NATIONAL PARK, AND
IT ACTUALLY IS.
IT'S PART OF A THREE-PART
NATIONAL PARK, MANHATTAN PROJECT
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE HABITAT
MANAGEMENT PLANS, WE HAVE TO
MANAGE NESTING SEASONS BECAUSE
WE HAVE ENDANGERED PEA SIZ THAT
ARE PRESENT ON OUR FOOTPRINT --
SPECIES THAT ARE PRESENT ON OUR
FOOTPRINT.
WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF THING
BEHIND AT THAT, WE HAVE
CLASSIFICATION ISSUES,
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION,
SECURITY CONCERNS, AND THEN WE
ALSO HAVE VERY HIGHLY INVOLVED
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
AND ACTIVISTS THAT ARE VERY
CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING,
VERY INVOLVED, AND THEN WE'RE
ALSO WORKING THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND WE'RE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH EPA TO
IMPLEMENT THAT APPROPRIATELY.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST
ONE OF OUR FACILITY ON THE
FOOTPRINT AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
THIS ONE FACILITY HAS MANY,
MANY, MANY DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS.
AND I BET YOU I PROBABLY DIDN'T
CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT APPLIES
TO THIS FACILITY, BUT THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE TO MOG MANAGE ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH
OPERATIONS.
SO WITH SUCH A LARGE COMPLEX
FACILITY, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
HOW WE ACTUALLY GET ALL THIS
DONE.
WE HAVE A TOOL CALLED THE
INTEGRATIVE REVIEW TOOL.
SO ANY PROJECT THAT STARTS THE
FLABT A, ANY CHANGE IF A PROCESS
THAT HAPPENS, THOSE PROJECT AND
PROGRAM OWNERS HAVE TO ENTER
THAT INFORMATION INTO THE TOOL,
AND THEN THE TOOL DISSEMINATES
THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OVER 250
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SO THAT
THEY CAN REVIEW THE PROJECT AND
PROVIDE THEIR EXPERT GUIDANCE ON
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MOVE THE
PROJECT FORWARD.
ANOTHER TEAM IN MY GROUP IS THE
DEPLOYED ENVIRONMENTAL
PROFESSIONALS, AND SO THESE ARE
LIAISONS THAT ARE DEPLOYED FROM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CORE GROUP OUT
TO THE VARIOUS FACILITIES ACROSS
THE LABORATORY, AND THEIR JOB IS
TO MONITOR WORK IN THOSE
FACILITIES AND TO COMMUNICATE
BACK AND FORTH WHAT CHANGES
MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN OR WHAT
SUPPORT THE FACILITIES NEED
ENVIRONMENTALLY.
THEN OUR VARIOUS TEAMS AND
GROUPS THROUGH COMPLIANCE
ASSISTANCE VISITS AND THEN OF
COURSE WE HAVE INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL AUDITS THAT HAPPEN ALL
THE TIME.
SO WHAT WE EMPHASIZE TO FOLKS
ACROSS THE LABORATORY IS PERMIT
VIOLATIONS ARE VERY, VERY
SERIOUS, AND THEY CAN RESULT IN
SOME SEVERE CONSEQUENCES, RIGHT?
SO JUST TAKING ONE OF THE
STATUTES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
CLEAN AIR ACT, FOR FEDERAL
ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S THE
POTENTIAL FOR CRIMINAL
ENFORCEMENT FOR SOME OF THESE
VIOLATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING LIKE
THIS, BUT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE
TO FOLKS THAT THIS IS SERIOUS.
SO IF THERE'S A NEGLIGENT
VIOLATION THAT'S CONSIDERED
CRIMINAL, YOU CAN BE FINED UP TO
$25,000 PER DAY, AND NOT TO
EXCEED ONE YEAR IN PR PRISON OR
BOTH, FOR EXAMPLE THE YOU'VE GOT
THE FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT, YOU
HAVE STATE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL
ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S THE
POTENTIAL FOR CITIZEN LAWSUITS.
WE CONSTANTLY ARE WORKING ON
PUBLIC PERCEPTION BECAUSE WE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, WE ARE
WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT, AND
WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO
EVERYBODY AROUND US AS WELL.
AND ONE OTHER CONSEQUENCE THAT
WE TRY TO CONVEY TO FOLKS IS
THAT IF WE DO HAVE VIOLATIONS
THAT COULD RESULT IN MORE
RESTRICTIVE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF
THINGS AWE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE
RECENT PAST THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT
BE INTERESTING CASE EXAMPLES FOR
EVERYBODY.
SO UNDER AIR QUALITY, WE HAVE A
FACILITY THAT DOES EARLY ON
PROCESSING, AND WE SUBMITTED A
PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THAT
INCREASE IN THE PROCESSING, AND
THE REGULATION STATES, AND I
SHOULD CLARIFY THAT THIS IS A
STATE AIR QUALITY PERMITTING
PROCESS, PER THE REGULATION THAT
PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT
SHOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT FOUR ON
SIX MONTHS.
BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
DO HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTED,
VERY INVOLVED NGO'S, SO DUE TO
THAT INTENSE PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND
INTEREST, THERE WAS A REQUEST
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT WAS
GRANTED.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT HEARING
PROCESS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT
DLAITD ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT
FOR 18 MONTHS -- DELAYED THE
ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT FOR 18
MONTHS BUT WE DID MAKE IT
THROUGH, THE PERMIT APPLICATION
WAS APPROVED AND WE DID GET THE
PERMIT AND WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE
WITH OPERATIONS.
SO THEN WE ALSO HAVE
RADIONUCLEOI DE ON THE AIR SHOP
WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
THIS CASE STUDY IS FOR OUR
FLANGED WASTE CONTAINERS OR FAT
WAX AS WE LOVINGLY REFER TO
THEM.
IF YOU LOVE AN ACRONYM, THIS IS
A PRET TU INTERESTING ACRONYM
BUT WHAT THEY ARE IS FOR LEGACY
CONTAINERS OF TRIDIUM
CONTAMINATED WASTE AND NORMALLY
THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE, WE
HAVE A WAY TO PROPERLY DISPOSE
OF THESE CONTAINERS, BUT THESE
FOUR UNFORTUNATELY ALSO CONTAIN
LEAD PARTS SO THERE WAS A MIXED
WASTE CONCERN FROM A RCRA
PERSPECTIVE.
SO CURRENTLY THEY'RE LOCATED AT
ONE OF OUR TECHNICAL AREAS
PENDING FINAL DISPOSAL, AND THEY
ARE LISTED ON OWSH RCRA SITE
TREATMENT PLAN WITH THE STATE,
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO
RESOLVE THE ISSUE SO THAT THEY
CAN BE DISPOSED OF IS DO SOME
PRESSURE RELIEF.
SO THERE'S SOME HUD SPACE THAT
NEEDS HEADSPACE THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN.
MULTIPLE REGULATORY THAT WE NEED
TO DO THIS WORK THERE'S
POTENTIAL TRIDIUM AIR EMISSIONS
THAT REQUIRES APPROVAL, THE
TREATMENT, THE VENTING, IS A
RCRA TREATMENT SO THAT REQUIRES
STATE APPROVAL, AND THEN BECAUSE
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR
SAFETY, THAT ALSO REQUIRES DOE
SAFETY BASIS APPROVAL.
SO SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL
ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING WITH
THIS IS WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW MUCH TRIDIUM IS IN THESE
CONTAINERS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO
MONITOR THE PRESSURE AND THE
COMP ZIFTION THE HEADSPACE AS --
COMPOSITION OF THE HEADSPACE AS
BEST WE CAN, BUT THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL IF THIS VENTING DOES
NOT TAKE PLACE FOR HYDROGEN
DEPRIVATION, BASICALLY THESE
CONTAINERS COULD EXPLODE.
SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH CONDUCT
OF OPERATIONS TO ENSURE WORKER
AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE HAVE LOTS OF BACKUPS AND LOTS
OF SAFETY MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO
DO THIS WORK, AND ON TOP OF THAT
WE'RE DOING IT AT A REMOTE
LOCATION BUT WITH OUR NUCLEAR
FACILITY LEVEL OF OPERATIONAL
CONTROLS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE
ACTIVELY TRACKING AIR EMISSIONS
TO ENSURE CLEAN AIR ACT
COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN
CONDUCTED YET, WE'RE STILL
WORKING THROUGH THE APPROVALS
FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES WE TALKED
ABOUT A SECOND AGO, BUT WE'RE
HOPING THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THIS
WORK THIS YEAR SO THAT IT
DOESN'T BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.
OKAY.
NOW, GOING OVER TO THE WATER
SIDE, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I
FIGURED WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IS
EARLIER I MENTIONED THAT --
RECEIVED A NUMBER OF
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS FROM THE
EPA IN THE 1990S, AND AT THAT
TIME ONE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT
WE PUT TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH THE
WASTEWATER ISSUES WAS TO PUT IN
WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR
OUR ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITY.
SO OVER TIME IT WAS WORKING SO
WELL THAT I THINK PEOPLE MAYBE
FORGOT ABOUT IT, SO WE NOTICED
SOME HICCUPS IN THE SYSTEM, AND
WE PUT A GENERATOR MONITORING
PROGRAM INTO PLACE TO FIX IT.
SO THIS IS STRUCTURED LIKE AN
EPA PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY EPA TO
HAVE ONE.
THIS IS OUR PROACTIVE APPROACH
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
SO THIS ESTABLISHES CONTROLS FOR
ANY OF OUR INDUSTRIAL USERS THAT
ARE DISCHARGE TO GO OUR ON SITE
FACILITIES.
SO THE DRIVERS ARE OBVIOUSLY THE
NPDES PERMIT WE HOLD AND
GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS WE
HOLD FROM THE STATE AND LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE, WE LOOKING
AT PEEPS, TESTED SOILS IN 2019
AND PRMT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE
YEARS AGO ISSUED WITH THE STATE
WATER SCREENING AGAINST
70 MICROGRAMS PER LITER SO
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DATA, WE
WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT
THERE IS NO REASONABLE POTENTIAL
FOR US TO EXCEED MOST OF OUR
OUTFALLS, AND OUTREACH WITHIN
THE LABORATORY HAS HELPED US
REDUCE PFAS THAT WE DID SEE IN
THE SYSTEM, SO THE OUTFAULT
TESTING THAT WE DID HAVE TO DO
LAST YEAR ACTUALLY SHOWED NO
EXCEEDANCE AT THE SCREENING
VALUE WHICH WE WERE REALLY,
REALLY PLEASED TO SEE.
OKAY.
A COUPLE MORE CASE STUDIES TO
TALK ABOUT.
WE ARE THE FIRST YAIRKS I'LL
SAY, IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE A
WATER QUALITY DESIGNATED
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER
SYSTEM.
SO AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER
LAWSUIT, THERE WAS A CITIZEN
GROUP THAT HAD PETITIONED EPA TO
DESIGNATE US FOR WATER QUALITY
CONCERNS.
SO THOSE DESIGNATIONS ARE
TYPICALLY BASED ON POPULATION
AROUND URBANIZED AREAS.
SO THAT'S TAKEN A VERY LONG
TIME.
I THINK THIS PROCESS STARTED IN
2015, BUT EPA JUST REISSUED THE
DESIGNATION DECISION FOR LOS
ALAMOS AREA AND WE SHOULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE PERMITTING
PROCESS SOON.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
AHEAD OF THE PERMIT BEING ISSUED
IS WE ARE WORKING TO REINTRODUCE
OR I GUESS INTRODUCE FOR THE
FIRST TIME MS4 REQUIREMENTS
AHEAD OF THAT PERMIT ISSUE
ANSWER.
SO BY WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR ON
SITE STAFF NOW, THAT WILL
INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO COMPLY
LATER WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO GET
THE PERMIT, AND THERE'S LESS OF
A MONETARY SHOCK TO THE
FACILITIES FOR THINGS WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO DO UNDER THE
PERMIT.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
SPECIFICALLY IS WE ARE UPTATING
LABORATORY-SPECIFIC ENGINEERING
STANDARDS TO ADD THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO
COME FROM THE PERMIT WHEN WE GET
IT, AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVE OUR
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AHEAD OF
TIME.
WE'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS
AND PROCESSES THAT CAN BE EASILY
ADAPTED TO MEET MS4 REQUIREMENTS
BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING
QUITE A BIT STORMWATER WISE AND
WE'RE ALSO WORK TO GO IMPROVE
SOME OF OUR OPERATIONAL
ACTIVITIES LIKE SNOW REMOVAL.
-- OKAY.
THEN THE LAST CASE STUDY I'LL
TALK ABOUT ATEN YEARS AGO, THERE
WERE A SERIES OF COMMUNICATION
WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND
CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS ERRORS
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY LED TO A
SHUTDOWN OF THE WASTE ISOLATION
PILOT PLANT OR WIPP IN CARLSBAD
NEW MEXICO, REPOSITORY FOR TRUE
WASTE FROM VARIOUS SITES AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT,
THERE WAS A THREE-YEAR SHUT DOWN
OF WIPP AND WE SPENT THREE YEARS
PREPARING FOR SOME PROBLEMATIC
NATURAL FAULT WASTE STREAMS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT RESULTED IN
SOME DELAYS FOR OUR LEGACY WASTE
BEING SHIPPED OFF SITE, DELAYS
IN OUR NEW AND GENERATED TRUE
WASTE SHIPMENT OFF-SITE AND
DELAYS IN OUR PERMITTING
INITIATIVES AS WELL WHICH WE'RE
LOOKING AT OPEN BURN AND OPEN
DETONATION ADDITIONS.
SO AS TAKE AWAYS FROM ALL OF
THIS, THESE WERE THE THINGS AWE
ARE CONSTANTLY EMPHASIZING TO
FOLKS ON SITE.
SO NOTHING CAN WORK IF WE ARE IN
SILOS.
I THINK COMMUNICATION IS THE
EASIEST WAY THAT WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT.
WE ALWAYS MAKE OURSELVES
AVAILABLE.
SO SO IF ANYONE IS IN DOUBT
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK
THE EXPERT.
WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
AND THE EARLIER YOU ASK, THE
BETTER.
SOMETIMES THESE ENVIRONMENTAL
PERMITTING ISSUES HAVE A REALLY,
REALLY LONG LEAD TIMES, SO THE
MORE INVOLVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL
STAFF ARE, THE LESS -- OR THE
FEWER DELAYS THE PROJECT WILL
HAVE GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
AND AGAIN, ON THE EARLY KICK,
EARLY USE OF THAT IRT SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE IS THE BEST AND
QUICKEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
FACILITIES AND PROJECTS ARE
AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
AGAIN, WE EMPHASIZE THAT NMED
AND EPA CAN ENFORCE AND THEY CAN
RESCIND PERMIT COVERAGE AND THIS
DEFINITELY IMPACTS OPERATIONS,
AS WE SAW AT ROCKY FLATS.
SO KEEPING OUR FACILITIES OPEN,
WHICH KEEPS US WORKING ON OUR
VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL SECURITY
SUBMISSION A TEAM EFFORT.
SO HELP US HELP YOU.
GIVES A CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, SARAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
WELL, SARAH FOR MYSELF, I AM AN
INSPECTOR AND I DO NCHTIONZ LEAD
BASED PAINT REGULATIONS, FOR THE
LAST TWENTY YEARS, AND I'M JUST
NOW COMING FROM THE REGIONAL
OFFICE AT EPA TO HEADQUARTERRERS
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMICS NOW
WHEN WE HAVE TO DO INSPECTIONS
OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.
IS IT SIMILAR IN THAT YOU HAVE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INSPECTIONS
THAT YOU CONDUCT OR DO YOU
CONDUCT INSPECTIONS ON A REGULAR
BASIS?
>> YES.
SO VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROTECTION
DIVISION, SO OUR DIVISION IS 250
PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME
IN FACILITIES DOING PROACTIVE
FRIENDLY VISITS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY
COMPLIANCE ISSUES AHEAD OF TIME
AND GET THEM TAKEN CARE OF.
>> OKAY.
SOMEONE ELSE -- THANK YOU.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION.
WHY IS THE FACILITY TITLE 5
FACILITY AND WHAT ARE YOUR MAJOR
EMISSIONS?
>> SO WE HAVE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES ON LAB PROPERTY, AND
THEY'RE RELATED TO THOSE
NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS.
SO I COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU
MORE DETAILS LATER BECAUSE I
KNOW WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING SHORT
ON TIME.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ON SITE AND
THAT'S WHAT GETS US INTO TITLE
5.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
SARAH, YOU WILL BE SHARING YOUR
SLIDES WITH US TO PUT UP ON THE
WEBSITE IN A FEW WEEKS?
>> YES I BELIEVE I ALREADY SENT
THEM IN, BUT IF YOU NEED THEM
AGAIN, JUST LET ME KNOW.
>> OKAY.
SURE ENOUGH.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS, WE'LL CLOSE THIS
SESSION.
GOING ONCE?
DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING?
[PAUSE]
OKAY.
THANKS SO MUCH, SARAH.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME FOR
ME BECAUSE YPT TO DESTROY IT.
>> YES, IT'S VISWANATHAN.
>> IS HE CAR VISWANATHAN.
HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING CREATIVE
IDEAS TO REDUCE AIR EMISSIONS.
PROGRAM MANAGER FER FLEET
READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST, HE
IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL
WITH OVER 35 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, HE HAS A PH.D. IN
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MBA IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, HIS
EXPERTISE INCLUDES AIR QUALITY,
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT, ISO
CERTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
HE HAS OVER 100 PAPERS ASK
WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL
JOURNALS IN 180 CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS, HE HAS PROVIDED
EXPERT TESTIMONIAL TO MANY
CORPORATIONS, SO I AM SUPER
EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO
SHARE.
>> OKAY.
SHOULD I HAVE TO SHARE?
>> YES.
YES.
>> OKAY.
IS MY PAPER SHARED AT THE
MOMENT?
>> NO.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE TOP, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP,
IT SAYS SHARE.
>> YES.
WHICH I DID.
>> SHARE.
AND THEN CLICK ON YOUR PAPER.
>> IT'S NOT LETTING ME DO
ANYTHING.
>> OKAY.
IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN SEND IT
OVER TO ME, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE MY E-MAIL,
PRICE.ANDREA@EPA.GOV.
I THINK I CENTS YOU A MESSAGE
BEFORE.
>> LET ME SEND IT TO YOU IN A
SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M ABLE TO
SHARE IT BUT --
>> NO WORRIES, WE CAN WORK THRAK
THROUGH IT.
>> YES, NO PROBLEM.
>> OKAY.
ANDREA PRICE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
I JUST SENT YOU A MESSAGE AND
YOU CAN JUST RESPOND WITH YOUR
SLIDES.
>> OKAY.
LET ME SEE.
ONE SECOND.
I HAVEN'T GOT THEM YET, YOUR
MESSAGE.
>> WE HAVE SO MANY FIREWALLS AND
THINGS TO GO THROUGH.
>> OKAY.
LET ME SEE HERE WHETHER I CAN
GET -- ANDREA PRICE.EPA --
ANDREA PRICE@EPA.GOV, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
>> I WILL IN A SECOND SHARE THE
PAPER.
[PAUSE]
OKAY.
DID YOU GET THE PAPER?
>> NOT YET.
I'M SURE IT'S COMING.
>> OKAY.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SENT.
>> WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I JUST
WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IF
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, USE THE
SHARE FEEDBACK BUTTON, THAT YOU
MAY HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, AND
THAT'S HOW WE'LL RECEIVE
QUESTIONS, JUST A REMINDER.
>> OKAY.
DID YOU GET THE PAPER?
>> NO, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE
FIREWALLS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
>> OKAY.
IT'S GONE FROM MY END.
>> OKAY.
>> IT'S GONE FROM MY END.
OKAY?
>> IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE SLOW,
BUT IT'S COMING.
>> YOU HAD THE RIGHT IDEA JUST
NOW, YOU DID IT PRETTY WELL.
>> BUT THE PROBLEM IS, MY PAPER
IS OPEN, BUT I AM UNABLE TO
SHARE IT.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY.
THE SYSTEM WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO
SHARE.
SHARE SCREEN, THE ENTIRE SCREEN
I SAID, OKAY.
I SAID SHARE.
BUT NOTHING.
I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING HERE.
DID YOU GET THE PAPER BY CHANCE?
>> YEAH, IT'S COMING THROUGH, I
JUST GOT THE MESSAGE FROM YOU,
BUT IT HAS TO TURN OVER AND LET
ME BE ABLE TO PULL UP THE PAPER.
NOW I'M WAITING TO BE ABLE TO
PULL UP THE PAPER.
>> OKAY.
IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE THE VERY
LAST PAPER, AND ARE -- WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE SCHEDULED.
MY PAPER IS GOING TO DEAL WITH
CREATIVE IDEAS TO REDUCE AIR AND
HAZARDOUS WASTE EMISSIONS.
IT'S A CASE STUDY WHICH I'LL
MENTION ABOUT THE TYPE OF THINGS
WE HAVE DONE, WE ARE DOING AT
THE MOMENT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO DO AT THE
MOMENT IN ORDER TO -- YEAH,
PERFECT.
I SEE IT NOW.
AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE
PAPER.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF
YOUR SCREEN, IT SAYS TAKE
CONTROL.
YOU MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD
AND TAKE CONTROL IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO.
>> WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT?
>> NEVERMIND.
>> ANDRE A WE'LL JUST STICK WITH
YOU FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> WE'LL JUST STICK WITH ME.
NO WORRIES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> SURE ENOUGH.
>> SO MY PAPER, THE STRUCTURE OF
THE PAPER IS DIVIDED INTO THE
FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
I'M NOT ABLE TO -- IT MOVED
AROUND.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF
COMMAND.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL
PROCESSES AND THEN I'LL TALK
ABOUT THE PROGRAM OFFICE WHICH
IS MANAGING THESE PROCESSES FROM
AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE,
THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CASE
STUDY AND ALSO I'LL TALK ABOUT
THE RESULTS, THEN OF COURSE
CONCLUDING SUMMARY AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ARE ONE OF THREE CENTERS TION
WE CALL THEM THE DEPOT FOR
REBUILDING THE FLEETS AND THERE
ARE THREE OF THEM AND WE ARE THE
LARGEST ONE IN THE WEST COAST
LOCATED IN SUNNY SAN DIEGO.
FLEET READINESS CENTERS.
WE ARE A MAJOR EMPLOYER.
WE HAVE ABOUT 4,000-PLUS PEOPLE
WORKING HERE.
IT IS A CITY WITHIN A CITY.
IT'S ABOUT 358 ACRES, AND THERE
ARE 80 BUILDINGS OF
MANUFACTURING, ABOUT 2.1 MILLION
SQUARE FEET TO COVER, AND ON AN
AVERAGE, PROBABLY RETRO FACILITY
OVERHAUL ABOUT 150 TO 170
AIRCRAFT A YEAR, AND THE
COMPONENT WISE, WE PROBABLY HAVE
ABOUT CLOSE TO 20,000 COMPONENTS
REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
FINANCIAL, I THINK WE HAD A
LARGE EMPLOYER AND IN SAN DIEGO.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ARE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND
OVERHAUL FACILITY, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER.
JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF
AIRCRAFT, EVERY TYPE OF
HELICOPTERS ARE THE SYSTEMS IN
FACILITY IT ARE BEING PROCESSED
HERE AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE PICTURE FACING THE
SCREEN ON YOUR LEFT SIDE THE
COMPLEXITY OF OPERATION THAT
GOES ON.
EVERY AIRCRAFT THAT COMES INTO
THE FACILITY ARE TAKEN DOWN,
TORE DOWN INTO A PARTS LEVEL.
EACH OF THE PARTS ARE THEN
PROCESSED, REPAIRED, OVERHAULED,
AND OF COURSE COLLECTIVELY PUT
TOGETHER ACTUALLY AND TESTED
PRIOR TO SENDING THEM BACK INTO
OPERATION.
SO THAT'S A LEVEL TO WHICH WE
WORK ON EVERY ONE OF THESE
AIRCRAFTS,S HELICOPTERS, AND AS
I MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF PARTS
B20000 PARTS PER ANNUALLY
PROCESSED, YOU COULD SEE SOME
ARE VERY SMALL ONES, LIKE
FASTENERS, ALL THE WAY TO WINGS
WHICH ARE PROBABLY SEVERAL
FLEETS LONG IN THE PROCESS AND
THE BODY OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD
BE PROBABLY AS LONG AS ABOUT 330
TO 50 FEET LONG IN THE PROCESS.
-- ABOUT 30 TO 50 FEET LONG IN
THE PROCESS.
N THE DIFFICULTY AND COMPLEXITY
OF THE OPERATION CHANGES AND
VARIES AS A RESULT OF WHICH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ALSO
CHANGES.
I'LL EXPLAIN SHORTLY ABOUT WHAT
WE DO A BIT MORE IN DETAIL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE HELICOPTERS AND PLANES
PERFORM IN HIGH TEMPERATURE,
HARSH ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY HAVE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
STRESS LOAD, PARTICULARLY DURING
TAKEOFF AND LANDING, AND VERY
COMPLEX RIDGED STRUCTURES THAT
ARE PLACED, SOME ARE METALLIC,
SOME ARE COMPOSITE, AS A RESULT
OF WHICH THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE
USED TO MAKE THEM ACTUALLY
BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING.
AND THEY ALL WORK IN A VERY
CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT AS A
RESULT OF WHICH THE MATERIALS
WHICH ARE COATED ON THE TOP OF
THESE STRUCTURES HAVE TO BE
EXTREMELY ADHERING TO THE ACTUAL
STRUCTURE AND ABLE TO PROTECT
THEM FROM CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE MANY
UNIQUE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
AND PROCESSES, WHICH I'LL TALK
ABOUT SHORTLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
HAVE ABOUT 80 BUILDINGS, BUT
2.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF
INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
AREAS, AND WE HAVE MANY COMPLEX
INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS WHICH
INCLUDES PLATING, PAINTING,
METAL SPRAYING, GRINDING,
WELDING, EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE
REGULATORY CONTROL, AS A RESULT
OF WHICH WE ARE SUBJECT TO EVERY
PART OF REGULATION WHICH YOU CAN
THINK OF.
AND WE HAVE 1 HAD HUNDRED AIR
PERMITS, WE HAVE THE LARGEST AIR
PERMITS HOLDER WITHIN THE COWRN
TI.
-- WITHIN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE A TITLE 5 FACILITY,
THAT'S REASON I ASKED EARLIER,
WE DO PUT OUT ABOUT MORE THAN 2R
CASE VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
WE HAVE 17 LIQUID WASTE TANKS,
SEVERAL OF THEM VERY LARGE, AND
WE HAVE NINE ME TREMENDOUSLY
YOWM PRODUCT TANKS -- PETROLEUM
PRODUCT TANKS ABOVEGROUND AND
USE WELL MORE THAN 500 CHEMICALS
AND WE HAVE OVER 200 WASTE
STREAMS.
SO YOU CAN THINK OF AS A VERY
COMPLEX OPERATION.
WE PUMP, THE PUMPED WASTE IS
ABOUT 2.5 MILLION GALLONS PER
YEAR, QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT, AND
THE CONTAINERIZED WASTE IS ABOUT
HALF A MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR,
WHICH WE SHIP IT OUT.
THE SOLID WASTE IS WELL OVER 11N
EXTENSIVE UTILITY DISTRIBUTION
STRUCTURE, BOTH FROM GAS
DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY
DISTRIBUTION, ET CETERA.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX OPERATION IN
THAT REGARD, AS A RESULT OF
WHICH NATURALLY IT MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO OPERATE BUT ALSO
EVEN TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION
SOMETIMES WHICH ARE VERY COMPLEX
AS WELL.
BUT BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE
THINGS, WE FOUND OUT THAT IT'S
VERY EASY TO COME UP WITH SOME
OF THESE SOLUTIONS.
VERY SHORTLY I'LL MENTION TO YOU
SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE 25 STAFF MEMBERS
INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT WORKING
IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION,
AND THEY DIVIDE IT INTO TWO
SECTIONS.
ONE IS CALLED THE PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT DIVISION, WHERE I
WORK, AND I MANAGE THE ENTIRE
AIR QUALITY PROCESSES AS WELL AS
I WORK ALSO PARTLY WITH THE
ISO 14,000 UNIT CERTIFICATION.
THE SECOND PART IS THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATION, WHERE
THESE ARE ADDITION OF CHEMICALS
AND REMOVAL OF CHEMICALS AND
DISPOSAL OF CHEMICALS WHICH ARE
BEING DONE INTERNALLY, ABOUT 12
DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A
RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DWEE.
THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE,
THEY MANAGE THE PERMITS, THEY
MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE, DATA COLLECTION
REPORTING AND ALSO AUDITING, ET
CETERA, WHEREAS THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE DISPOSAL, THEY BASICALLY
ARE INVOLVED IN TERMS OF ADDING
CHEMICALS TO A PARTICULAR
PROCESS OR REMOVING THE USED
CHEMICALS AND CONTAINER EYES
THEM AND -- CONTAINERIZE THEM
AND SHIP THEM OUT IN THAT
REGARD.
EXTERNALIZED IS DONE BY OUTSIDE
CONTRACTOR.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME OF
EMISSIONS YOU CAN THINK OF.
WE HAVE AIR EMISSIONS, YOU WILL
SEE SHORTLY, WELL OVER 25 TONS
PER YEAR.
WE HAVE ENERGY AND EXTENSIVE
AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND WATER USE L
AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE QUITE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF
FUEL USAGE AND EVERY ONE OF OUR
PROCESSES ARE EXTREMELY ENERGY
INTENSIVE.
WE DO PRODUCE AS I MENTIONED TO
YOU EARLIER HAZARDOUS WASTE,
OBVIOUSLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
WAYS OF CUTTING DOWN THE WASTE
AS WELL.
WE HAVE A LARGE STORMWATER
POLLUTION AS WELL WHICH WE TRY
TO CONTROL AND THE WASTEWATER IS
FROM OUR PROCESSES ARE TREATED
INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT, THEN THE SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL, LANDFILL SPACE,
WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT OUR USE
OF THE LANDFILL SPACE, WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE BY CULGT
DOWN OUR SOLID WASTE MATERIAL AS
WELL SO THIS IS A PERFECT
LOCATION FOR ANY PERSON TO COME
AND LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGAIN AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE
COMPLEXITY, IT ALSO POSES LOTS
OF COMPLEX TYPE OF CHALLENGES IN
TERMS OF IDENTIFYING PROVIDING
SOLUTIONS TO SOME OTHER COMPLEX
PROBLEMS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS I MENTIONED, WILL WE DO
CHEMICAL ELECTROPLATING THINGS
WE DO.
WE DO ANODIZING, PAINTING, METAL
SPRAY IN TERMS OF MATERIALS
WHICH ARE SPRAYED ONTO METALS,
WE ALSO DO GRINDING AND
BLASTING, WE CALL ALSO, IN THE
LARGE SCALE, WE DO WELD WITH THE
MANY TYPE OF WELDING MATERIALS,
SO YOU AOF THESE ARE REGULATORY
CONTROLLED.
EVERY ONE OF THEM REQUIRES FOR
US TO GET A PERMIT, EVERY ONE OF
THEM REQUIRES FOR US TO
CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF
EMISSIONS, THEN EVERY ONE OF
THEM WE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE
AGENCY AS WELL.
SO IN ESSENCE, BY LOOKING AT ALL
THESE THINGS, IF YOU COULD GO
BACK AND LOOK AT THE EMISSION
ITSELF WHICH IS THE SLIDE IN
THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, YOU WILL
SEE WE PUT OUT ABOUT 26 TONS OF
ORGANIC EMISSIONS, AND WE DO USE
ABOUT TEN TONS OF SOLVENTS TO
REMOVE THE MATERIALS WHICH THESE
ARE GREASE MATERIALS ON THE
PARTS, VARIOUS PARTS, THEN OF
COURSE AS A RESULT OF WHICH WE
ARE ABOUT 36 TONS OF EMISSIONS
WE PUT OUT, OUTSIDE.
SO IN ORDER TO CONTROL, WE HAVE
TO HAVE SEVERAL NOVEL PROCESSES
WE ARE TO COME UP WITH IN THE
PROCESS.
SOME ARE CHANNELED EMISSIONS
LIKE ORGANIC EMISSIONS, SOME ARE
PIPE SOLVENT EMISSION RS MORE OF
AREA BASED EMISSIONS, AREA
EMISSIONS, SO EACH ONE OF THEM
REQUIRES A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
NOVELTY IN TERM OF COMING UP
WITH SOLUTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR INITIAL PROCESS IS TO SET
GOALS.
THE FIRST GOAL IS WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO CUT DOWN OUR EMISSION BY
ABOUT TEN TONS.
WE WANT TO BE LET'S SAY FOR
APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A 25 TO
26 TONS TOTAL IN THE PROCESS.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY EVEN THOUGH
IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE
FINEST CITIES IN AMERICA, IS
CONSIDERED TO BE A NONATTAINMENT
AREA, PARTICULARLY FOR OZONE AS
WELL AS PM2.5.
OZONE EXCEEDANCES WE PROBABLY
HAVE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE TIMES A
YEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT OCCURS MUCH
INLAND AREA ON THE HILLS, BUT
NEVERTHELESS IT IS A
NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, AS A RESULT
OF WHICH EPA HAS ISSUED, AS YOU
PROBABLY KNOW, COUNTRY WIDE
REQUIREMENT AND SAN DIEGO AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT IS
TRYING TO PUT IN A NEW
REGULATORY REQUIREMENT.
IT IS CALLED RULE 45 WHICH IS
GOING TO COME INTO PICTURE BY
2828.
-- BY 20286789 IF WE ARE ABLE T.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO CUT DOWN
EMISSIONS BY TEN TONS WE WOULD
PROBABLY BE EXEMPT TO -- EVEN
THOUGH WE'LL STILL BE TITLE
FIVE, WE'LL BE EXEMPT FROM
PAYING AN ADDITIONAL WHAT THEY
CALL US IN OPERATIONAL COST
ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TRYING TO CUTD
THAT PARTICULAR ONE DOWN.
THAT IS ONE OF THE DRIVERS
INCENTIVES IN ORDER TO DO THIS
AT THE MOMENT.
THE SECOND AS SPECTD IS OF
COURSE -- ASPECT IS OF COURSE
MORE THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS WE
PUT OUT, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE THE
AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS WE USE, WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE HOW DO
WE CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF
CHEMICALS WE USE, STILL USING
EFFECTIVELY PERFORMING THE SAME
TASK.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
HAVING LOOKED AT THE PROCESSES,
WE PUT IN WHAT IS CALLED, WE
SHAPED SMED CON ACCEPT.
IT'S -- SYSTEM SHAPED CONCEPT.
IT'S CALLED V DIAGRAM IN SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE V WE
IDENTIFY THE SOURCE LEVEL
INFORMATION OF DECOMPOSING EVERY
ASPECT RELATED TO AIR AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT.
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE LOOKED AT THE
OPERATION ITSELF.
WE BREAK IT DOWN TO VARIOUS
PROCESSES.
WE LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM HAIF
LEVEL COMPONENTS IN TERMS OF THE
AMOUNT OF WIDE AMOUNT OF SOLVENT
WE USE, THEN WE LOOK AT THE
SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENT OF HOW
MUCH MATERIALS AS A RESULT OF
WHICH WE HAD TO THROW IT AWAY,
AS A WASTE, AND THE LAST ONE OF
COURSE IS THE COMPONENT LEVEL
DESIGN, AND WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO
TO IMPROVE ON A PARTICULAR
PROCESS.
THAT IS THE ONE SIDE OF THE
SYSTEM.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE V IS TO
APPLY INTEGRATE AND TEST IT
ACTUALLY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE SAME LEVEL
IS AGAIN INTEGRATED INTO THE
PROCESS AND OF COURSE YOU END UP
INTEGRATING THEM COMPONENT
LEVEL, SUBSYSTEM LEVEL, SYSTEMS
LEVEL, AND OF COURSE ALSO TO
MAKE SURE VALIDATING IT IN TERMS
OF MEETING THE COMPLIANCE
REQUIREMENT.
THAT IS THE CONCEPT CALLED THE V
SHAPED OR V DIAGRAM.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE CONCEPT WE
USE.
EVERY CHEMICAL THAT IS COMING
INTO THE PROCESS HERE IS
SUBJECTED TO THIS PARTICULAR
MODEL, AND THE MODEL WILL
PROVIDE US EXACTLY AT WHAT LEVEL
TO WHAT AMOUNT TO WHAT EXTENT
THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED IN THE
ENVIRONMENT, EITHER IN TERMS OF
AIR EMISSIONS OR IN TEMPLE
HAZARDOUS WASTE EMISSIONS.
AND BY LOOKING AT THIS, WE LOOK
AT THE PROCESSES BY ITSELF.
WHAT TYPE OF PROCESS THAT WE
COULD DO IN ORDER TO CONSULT
DOWN THE EMISSIONS -- CUTD DOWN
THE EMISSIONS AND HOW MUCH WOULD
THAT CUT DOWN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID IN
ORDER TO DO THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT, ACTUALLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN THIS PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED
THREE SPECIFIC AREAS.
ONE IS CALLED THE AUTO MIEZED
SPRAY BOTTLE USAGE AND NESHA
DEFINES THE WIPE CLEANING
OPERATION WHICH WE DO IN SEVERAL
OF THE BUILDINGS, DONE BY USING
SOLVENTS LIKE ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL,
MIBK, EMIEK, ACETONE, THESE ARE
GENERALLY USED IN AN AUTOMIZED
SPRAY BOTTLES, SPRAYED ONTO THE
PARTS AND COMPLETELY WIPED BY
USING CLOTH MATERIALS.
THAT'S A STANDARD PROCESS THAT
THEY FOLLOWED FOR THE LAST 30,
40 YEARS.
BUT WE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF
WHAT IS ALLOWED, WHAT IS NOT
ALLOWED.
BY USING THE ATOMIZED SPRAY
BOTTLES, WE END UP LOSING
MATERIALS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY
SPRAY VERY WELL BUT SOME OF THEM
ARE PROBABLY AUTOMATICALLY
EVAPORATED AWAY.
HOW DO WE CUT DOWFN THE AMOUNT
THAT IS NOT BEING EFFECTIVELY
USED IN THE PROCESS, AND WHAT
SPECIFIC THINGS WE COULD DO IN
ORDER TO CUT IT DOWN.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LOOKED
AT BY APPLYING THE V CONCEPT
MODEL WHAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ATOMIZING THROUGH SPRAY BOTTLES,
ABOUT 40% OF THE MATERIALS ARE
EVAPORATED AWAY, IT DOESN'T GO
ONTO THE PARTS FOR CLEANING
PURPOSES, AND OF COURSE WE ALSO
KNOW AS A RESULT OF WHICH PEOPLE
ARE BEING EXPOSED TO HIGHER
QUANTITY IN THE PARTICULAR AREA,
WHEREAS SQUEEZE BOTTLES WHICH
ARE CONSIDERED TO BE LESS OF AN
EVAPORATION AND IT CAN BE EASILY
SPRAYED ONTO THE LOCATION AND OF
COURSE WE REPLACED ABOUT 500 OF
THOSE SPRAY BOTTLES WITH THE
SQUEEZE BOTTLES FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMAND, AND THAT IS AT THE
MOMENT GOING TO LIMIT OUR
EXPOSURE LEVELS BY 3 TONS OF
EMISSION, AIR EMISSIONS, AND
DELIVERS USAGE BEING EQUAL
AMOUNT BEING EQUAL TO
APPROXIMATELY WE PROBABLY WILL
REDUCE ABOUT 40% BECAUSE
OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
EVAPORATED AWAY. SO WE USE 40%
LESS SOLVENTS, EFFECTIVENESS
GOES UP, LESS OF AN EXPOSURE TO
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE USING IT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SECOND ASPECT IS THE SQUEEZE
BOTTLES OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE LESS
THAN 16 OUNCES IN THE PROCESS,
BUT TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS
PEOPLE WOULD SPRAY THE ACTUAL
MATERIALS ONTO A RAG WHICH ARE
GENERALLY COTTON CLOTH AND THESE
ARE RECYCLED MATERIALS FROM
ELSEWHERE, AND THEY ARE NOT
UNIFORM, THEY ARE NOT WHAT ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE THE SAME
MATERIAL CONTENT IN THAT REGARD,
AND THEY ARE BEING USED
GENERALLY TO WIPE THE PROCESS,
WHEREAS WYPALL WHICH IS MADE BY
KIMBERLY CLARK AEROSPACE
PERFORMANCE WIPES ARE A LOT MORE
EFFECTIVE, VERY UNIFORM AND TO A
LARGER EXTENT THEY'RE ABLE TO
RETAIN THESE MATERIALS, THE
SOLVENTS, TO A LARGER EXTENT.
AS A RESULT, MOST EFFECTIVELY
THE SOLVENTS ARE BEING USED FOR
THE WIPING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LOOKED
AT, THE ACTUAL WIPE, HOW WE
COULD EFFECTIVELY USE LESS
MATERIALS AND OF COURSE
EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF HOW
CLEAN THE CLEAN IS, WIPING
PROCESS, LASTLY OF COURSE
REQUIRING LESS AMOUNT OF
MATERIALS.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT SLIDE IS THE
RECLAIMED RAGS I TALKED ABOUT,
TYPICALLY THAT'S ABOUT 40 POUNDS
IN ONE OF THOSE BAGS, AND OF
COURSE 40% OF THE MATERIALS
WHICH ARE SPRAYED ONTO THE TOP
EVAPORATES AWAY, AND MORE AMOUNT
VOC'S IN THE BREATHING ZONE,
RAGS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES AND
DIFFERENT FABRICS AS A RESULT OF
WHICH IT'S UNPREDICTABLE OR TO A
LARGER EXTENT NOT PROVIDING THE
UNIFORMITY IN WIPING PROCESS.
ON THE LEFT SIDE.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THESE ARE
WHAT IS CALLED WETTASK BUCKETS,
AND THESE BUCKETS ARE BASICALLY
THE WIPES, THE MATERIAL WHICH
YOU SAW, THE WYPALL THAT IS
EMERGED INTO THIS PARTICULAR
BUCKET, YOU PUT IN '15 15 POUNDS
COMPARED TO 40 POUNDS OF WASTE
ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THESE
BUCKETS IS PRESOAKED WITH
1.5 GALLONS OF ALCOHOL, COMPARED
TO THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT
4.5 GALLONS OF ALCOHOL, LESSEE
EVAPORATION OF SOLVENTS BECAUSE
THE SOLVENTS ARE ABSORBED ONTO
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE BY THE
WYPALL, THE WIPES ARE UNIFORM,
AS A RESULT IT PROVIDES VERY
UNIFORM RESULTS WIPING THE
SURFACES, AND THEY ARE U.S.
MADE, AND OF COURSE THEY ARE
MADE OUT OF POLYAPPROPRIATE LYNN
AND CELLULOSE, AS A RESULT THEY
ARE TOUGH, AND THERE ARE THREE
TYPE OF THICKNESSES AVAILABLE
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
APPLICATION, X70, X80, X90 AND
ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME PROCESS
IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU MAKE IT
WET, IT'S THE SAME WAY.
YOU PUT IN 1.5 GALLONS OR EVEN
LESS TO SOME EXTENT OF THE
SOLVENT ONTO THE BUCKET AND
PRESOAK IT, THEN THERE IS A
METHOD OF DISPOSAL, DISPENSING
SYSTEM ON THE TOP, IT BRINGS THE
ACTUAL REQUIRED AMOUNT OF THE
WYPALL MATERIALS, IT'S MUCH
EASIER TO DO.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HAD SUBJECTED THIS PARTICULAR
ONE TO A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS
WITHIN THE PLANT ITSELF, AND WE
USED METRICS TO EVALUATE.
WE HAD FIVE CATEGORIES, EASE OF
USE, HOW WELL IT CLEANS, EASE OF
HANDLING, DISPENSING, EASE OF
DISPOSAL AND THE TIME SAVED OVER
RAGS IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF
RAGS WE USED TO CLEAN A SPECIFIC
SURFACE COMPARED TO THE TIME IT
TAKES TO CLEAN A SPECIFIC
SURFACE COMPARED TO USING ONE OF
THESE WYPALL MATERIALS.
AS YOU COULD SEE HERE, THE ONE
BEING WORSE, FIVE BEING THE
BEST, EVERY ONE OF THE
CATEGORIES THEY ALL CAME OUT TO
BE BETTER BY USING THE WYPALL
MATERIALS.
THAT'S A VERY CLEAR INDICATION
BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH
THE LESSEE MISSIONS, LESS
SOLVENT USAGE, MORE
EFFECTIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE AREAS IN WHICH THE LINT IS
VERY IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH IT IS
90 SOME PERCENT LINT FREE AND WE
CAN USE LINT FREE CLOTH MATERIAL
AS WELL IN THIS SAME ML SPEC, WE
WERE ABLE TO USE THAT AS WELL,
AND WE TESTED IT OUT BY USING
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, AGAIN, ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME
REQUIREMENT WITH THE SAME
METHODOLOGY, LESS AMOUNT OF
SOLVENTS IN THAT REGARD, AND AS
A RESULT, THE RESULTS WERE
TERRIFIC.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WE DID THIS ABOUT A MONTH
LONG STUDY, AND BASED ON THE
RESULTS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
GET ABOUT $200,000 WORTH OF
FUNDING INTERNALLY TO TEST OUT
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THROUGH THE
ENTIRE COMMAND.
AND THIS IS BEING ONGOING AT THE
MOMENT.
WE ARE AGAIN REPLACING IT HIGH
VOC SOLVENTS WITH LOW VOC
SOLVENTS AS WELL.
TYPICALLY WHEN USING THIS, IF
YOU CAN USE VERY LOW VOC SOLVENT
TO DO THE SAME PURPOSE WHICH IS
ALSO EQUALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO LOWER THE AMOUNT OF VOC
EMISSION LEVEL AS WELL.
AND THE PLAN IS TO CONDUCT WHAT
IS CALLED A LIFE CYCLE COST
ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE
NOVEL APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED AT THE MOMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND AGAIN, BY LOOKING AT THE
AMOUNT OF USAGE OF THE AMOUNT OF
WIPES THAT IS REQUIRED, THE
WASTE WILL GO DOWN, THE SOLVENTS
WILL GO DOWN, THE EMISSION, AIR
EE MYS WILL GO DOWN, THE WORKER
EXPOSURE LEVEL TO THESE
CHEMICALS WILL GO DOWN AND THERE
WILL BE UNIFORMITY IN THE WIPES
AS A RESULT THE PRODUCTION, THE
QUALITY WILL IMPROVE, AND OF
COURSE WE ALSO FOUND OUT IT'S
GOING SAVE US THE COST AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
USING THIS PROCESS, WE ARE
PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO PROVE WE
CAN CUT DOWN THE EMISSION BY TEN
TONS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS
AND WE CAN PROBABLY CUT DOWN THE
ACTUAL HAZARDOUS WASTE BY 78%.
WE PAY BY VOLUME, NOT BY WEIGHT,
AS A RESULT THE COST IS SENT
BACK TO THE OPERATIONAL PEOPLE,
THAT MEANS THE COST IS GOING TO
GO DOWN.
20% OF THE COST SAVINGS TO
SWITCHING IT TO THIS WIPES
COMPARED TO THE RAGS, AND THE
RAGS REQUIRE A LOT MORE SPACE
COMPARED TO THE WIPES.
IT COMES VERY COMPLETELY
ENCLOSED AND COMPLETELY COMPOST
AND LASTLY OF COURSE THE HAZMAT
ISSUE OF DISPERSING THIS
MATERIAL ACTUAL CAN BE DONE
WITHIN OUR STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A
LOT EASIER, AND OF COURSE THE
PRODUCTION ALSO WOULD --
PRODUCTION RATE WILL IMPROVE IN
THAT SENSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE HIGHER PRODUCTION
EFFICIENCY AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THROUGH THE COMMAND WE USE ABOUT
WHAT IS CALLED COLD SOLVENT
DEGREASE SERS, THESE ARE ABOUT I
WOULD SAY ABOUT A 20 TO
30-GALLON TYPE OF FREEZERS, AND
THEY ARE BASICALLY FILLED WITH
DEGREASING SOLVENTS AND THE
PRIMARY SOLVENT WE USE IS PD680
WHICH IS VOC CONTENT OF
750 GALLONS PER LITER AND WE ARE
BASICALLY TRYING TO CLEAN OUT
AND REPLACE IT WITH WHAT IS
CALLED AS LOW VOC CONTAINING
SOLVENT, SUCH AS NAVSOL AND THIS
WILL BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ABOUT
HALF A TON PER YEAR OF EMISSIONS
AND ALSO EQUALLY WOULD SAVE US
THE COST AS WELL.
AND THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS WE HAVE COME UP WITH
IN TERM OF REDUCING THE AIR AS
WELL AS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE
EMISSION AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT, WE
HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS CREATIVE
EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAMS TO
LOWER THE VOC EMISSIONS AS WELL
AS HAZARDOUS WASTE LOAD,
CURRENTLY THIS PROJECT WE HAVE
UNDERTAKEN AT THE MOMENT IN THE
NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS WE'LL
BE ABLE TO PROVE HOW MUCH
MATERIALS WE CAN LOWER USAGEWISE
AND THE EMISSIONS WE CAN CUT
DOWN, AND THE PROCESSES ARE
BASED ON THE TYPICAL THINGS WE
HAVE ADAPTED ARE ALL BASED ON
WHAT THEY CALL AS STANDARD
ESTABLISHED PROCESS WHICH HAS
BEEN PROVEN, IN OTHER WORDS, THE
WIPES THAT WE ARE USING AT THE
MOMENT, THEY ARE DEVELOPED FOR
THE AEROSPACE APPLICATION, SO IN
THAT SENSE IT'S NOT NEW, PER SE,
AND WE INFORM THE TOP MANAGEMENT
ON A REGULAR BASIS IN TERMS OF
HOW MUCH EMISSIONS WE PUT OUT,
HOW MUCH HAZARDOUS WASTE WE
CREATE EVERY QUARTER, SO THEY
ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE TYPE OF
RESULTS THAT CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS PROCESS.
LASTLY, OF COURSE, WE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING AT THE WAYS OF CUTTING
DOWN THE AIR EMISSIONS AND THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL AND OF
COURSE IN OUR -- WHILE BEING IN
COMPLIANT WITH LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, WHICH ALSO IT'S
GOING TO CUT DOWN THE COST OF
GETTING PERMITS, ET CETERA.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
CONCLUDE, AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY, ANDREA -- SORRY,
YOU'VE ALREADY CHANGED THE
PRESENTATION MODE.
>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M
SORRY, BRIAN, I COULDN'T SEE
THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE I WAS
PRESENTING.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WHAT I GATHER, IT'S BEHAVIOR
CHANGE.
>> IT'S A BEHAVIOR CHANGE.
IT'S A PROCESS CHANGE.
IT'S A MATERIAL CHANGE.
ALL THREE ARE ADAPTED HERE,
CORRECT.
YES, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO
IS TO HAVE ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY
BEING DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
ORDER TO BENEFIT BOTH FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS FOR THE
PEOPLE, EXPOSURE TO THOSE
CHEMICALS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
[PAUSE]
>> I HAD A QUESTION TOO.
WHAT WAS THE MANAGEMENT'S
RESPONSE TO THIS?
AND EMPLOYEES?
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THEM ON
BOARD RIGHT AWAY, OR WHAT WAS
THE PROCESS FOR THAT?
>> NO, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET
THEM ON BOARD RIGHT AWAY.
THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO
PRESENTED A PAPER IN ANOTHER
SESSION, WE WERE BOTH INVOLVED
TO SEVERAL LEVELS OF PROVING, SO
WE HAD INVITED THE VENDORS TO
COME BACK AND DO SOME SPOT
CHECKS, SPOT TESTS, ET CETERA,
TO SHOW US THIS IS GOING TO
WORK.
THE SECOND ONE IS WE WERE ABLE
TO GO TO EACH TO THE AREA AND
TALK ON THE SUPERVISORS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS CAN BE EASILY
ADAPTED, CHANGING THE MATERIALS
FROM THE SPRAY BOBLGHTSES TO
GEEZ BOTTLE -- SPRAY BOTTLE TO
SQUEEZE BOTTLE WAS A MAJOR TASK
THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR ABOUT
THREE OR FOUR YEARS, FINALLY WE
WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS IT
LAST YEAR AND FINALLY BY
APPROVING ALL THESE THING AND
GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE
EMPLOYEES, BEING ABLE TO SHOW TO
THE LEADERSHIP THAT THERE IS A
BUY-IN HERE, THEY CAN SUPPORT
US, IF YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS EFFECTIVELY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR
APPROXIMATELY TO GO THROUGH THE
ENTIRE PROCESS.
FINALLY WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR, YOU HAD TO
STICK WITH TRK BUT YOU WERE ABLE
TO GET IT -- STICK WITH IT, BUT
YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
YES.
COLLECTIVE GOAL IS TO REDUCE
EMISSION BY TEN TONS A YEAR.
THAT'S A GOAL WE ALL HAVE, AND
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS THESE
ARE THE METHODS, YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[PAUSE]
>> ANY QUESTIONS, ANY MORE
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU BOTH.
>> YOU TOO.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. 6496 04:05:41,860 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.