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<strong>BASE</strong>-WIDE PLAN<br />

1. INTRODUCTION<br />

Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, instituted a base-wide planning initiative<br />

to streamline activities associated with its environmental restoration program in 1996. This revision to<br />

the Base-Wide Plans provide updated information on Kirtland AFB key personnel and organizational<br />

structure, revisions to site maps and tables, and updated hydrogeological information. The Base-Wide<br />

Plans have also been reformatted and new plans will be added to reflect the current stage of the Kirtland<br />

AFB Environmental Restoration Program (ERP), including approved plans and procedures to address<br />

work involving ordnance and explosives.<br />

1.1 Purpose and Scope<br />

Kirtland AFB has been implementing its environmental restoration program in accordance with<br />

requirements set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico<br />

Environment Department (NMED). In October 1990, the EPA issued a Resource Conservation and<br />

Recovery Act (RCRA) permit under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. This permit<br />

expired and a new one will be issued with a consent order. The permit regulates activities related to<br />

hazardous substances and generation of hazardous wastes. The focus of the permit is the investigation<br />

and restoration of areas believed to be adversely affected by introduced contaminants.<br />

A key component of the activities being targeted is the development of plans that are stipulated within the<br />

RCRA permit. These plans encompass the following requirements:<br />

Project management<br />

Data collection quality assurance<br />

Data management<br />

Health and safety<br />

Waste management and minimization<br />

Community relations<br />

Kirtland AFB developed the Base-Wide Plans to address work common to all environmental restoration<br />

program activities. The Base-Wide Plans are a reference document for approved procedures to implement<br />

project-specific work at Kirtland AFB. These plans will be amended as needed to streamline<br />

environmental restoration activities<br />

1.2 Overview of Base-Wide Plans<br />

The Base-Wide Plans establish baseline environmental conditions and accepted procedures to facilitate<br />

expedited actions on Kirtland AFB. Baseline conditions represent the current understanding of surface<br />

and subsurface environmental features at a given area of concern, including the nature and extent of manmade<br />

contaminants. Accepted procedures have been utilized routinely in the past and comply with permit<br />

conditions as well as industry standards.<br />

Kirtland Air Force Base<br />

Base-Wide Plans for the Environmental Restoration Program 1 April 2004

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