(MRAP) Vehicle Program - U.S. Army Environmental Center

Army MRAP Vehicle Program Programmatic Environmental Assessment December 2010
analysis and documentation is in place to address the fielding and deployment activities
of the MRAP system. Additional installation NEPA analyses may be necessary if fielding
activities result in significant environmental impacts that are not covered or described
adequately in this document. It is the responsibility of the JPO to provide fielding
installations with any required and requested information in support of any analysis and
document preparation.
2.7 Vehicle Demilitarization and Disposal (D&D)
At the end of its useful life, all MRAP vehicles will undergo D&D. Demilitarization is the act
of rendering equipment’s defensive or offensive capabilities unusable by hostile forces.
Disposal includes destroying, selling, recycling, transferring, abandoning, donating,
redistributing or any other means of disposal. Currently, no date for the demilitarization
and disposal of the entire MRAP FoV had been proposed. When a date for D&D
becomes available, a future NEPA analysis will be conducted to determine any impact to
the environment.
The vehicle demilitarization and disassembly will follow the MRAP FoV Demilitarization and
Disposal Plan, currently under development, as well as the DoD 4160.21‐M, Defense
Reutilization and Disposal, and DoD 4160.21‐M‐1, Defense Demilitarization Manual. Each of
the variants has a detailed D&D description located in the MRAP D&D Plan.
3.0 Proposed Alternatives
Determining the best systems acquisition approach for an MRAP vehicle involved
examination of alternative concepts such as opportunities to modify allied systems, use
of non‐developmental items (NDI) and COTS items, and starting a program from the
concept phase to develop technology.
Numerous “Sources Sought Announcements” were issued and technical and operational
experts from the Services and USSOCOM regularly attend symposiums, industry
conferences and technical interchange meetings on ballistic hardened and mine
protected vehicles.
3.1 Preferred Alternative
For all the Services, the preferred alternative was the proposed action; the production,
testing, training, fielding, and D&D of the MRAP FoV, as defined in Section 2.0. This
COTS program complements other materiel and non‐materiel solutions to mitigate the
capability gaps identified in this document. Market research provided a clear path to
existing COTS technology to satisfy the urgent need for a vehicle which provided
increased survivability and mobility. The COTS approach enabled the JPO to quickly
procure vehicles leveraging the commercial technology investments of the private
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