Department of Energy FY 2012 Congressional ... - The FIRE Place

FIRP is complementary to the ongoing programmatic base maintenance and infrastructure efforts at
NNSA sites. Maintenance and infrastructure are primarily funded by the Readiness in Technical Base
and Facilities (RTBF) program and through site overhead allocations to ensure that facilities necessary
for immediate programmatic workload activities are sufficiently maintained. FIRP addresses the
additional sustained investments above the RTBF base for focused reduction of deferred maintenance to
extend facility lifetimes, reduce the risk of unplanned system and equipment failures, increase
operational efficiency and effectiveness, allow for the recapitalization of aging facility systems, and
remove hazards to workers by improving safety. FIRP works in partnership with RTBF to ensure the
facilities and infrastructure of the nuclear security enterprise are restored to an appropriate condition to
support the Stockpile Stewardship Program mission, transformation of the Enterprise, and to
institutionalize responsible and accountable facility management practices.
Annual Performance Results and Targets
The Department is in the process of updating its strategic plan, and has been actively engaging
stakeholders including Congress. The draft strategic plan is being released for public comment
concurrent with this budget submission, with the expectation of official publication this spring. The
draft plan and FY 2012 budget are consistent and aligned. Updated measures will be released at a later
date and available at the following link http://www.mbe.doe.gov/budget/12budget/index.htm.
FY 2010 Accomplishments
All FIRP line item construction projects were rated as "Green" for cost and schedule by the DOE
Office of Engineering and Construction Management (OECM).
FIRP exceeded its annual target and reached 89 percent of its goal by funding $65.4 million of
legacy deferred maintenance for high priority projects in mission critical facilities.
08-D-601, Mercury Highway Project at the Nevada National Security Site was successfully
completed under budget. Due to favorable construction bids, an additional nine miles was paved,
resulting in the reconstruction of the entire Mercury Highway up to Gate 700, where most of the Air
Force vehicular traffic enters the base. The remaining $1.652M was reprogrammed and utilized by
the Recapitalization subprogram.
06-D-601, Electrical Distribution System Upgrade and the 06-D-602, Gas Main and Distribution
System Upgrades at Pantex Plant have successfully been completed and put into service. Both
projects were completed within the approved baseline schedule and under budget.
08-D-602, Potable Water Systems Upgrade and 08-D-603, Steam Plant Life Extension Projects, both
at the Y-12 National Security Complex were completed within the approved baseline cost and
schedule.
The Facility Disposition subprogram was reconstituted through the reallocations from the
Recapitalization subprogram in order to execute several disposition projects. These include the
demolition of excess facilities to enable the reduction of the PIDAS at the Y-12 National Security
Complex, the demolition of facilities at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and the Pantex Plant
which have exceeded their useful life and are no longer habitable, and to initiate demolition of
several TA-18 facilities at Los Alamos National Lab.
Major Outyear Priorities and Assumptions
The outyear projections for FIRP total $94,000,000 (FY 2013). FIRP is a finite program with a
Congressionally-mandated end date of FY 2013.
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FY 2012 Congressional Budget