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6<br />

PURPOSE<br />

BENEFITS<br />

TECHNOLOGY USERS<br />

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RESULTS<br />

LIMITATIONS<br />

FIELD ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY<br />

TRANSFER TEAM<br />

The Field Assistance Support and Technology Transfer (FASTT) team is a<br />

pollution prevention (P2) and environmental field assistance team initiated<br />

by the Navy. FASTT can help operations and maintenance personnel meet<br />

environmental requirements while performing their missions on schedule<br />

yet at a lower cost. Since its inception, the team has grown in its<br />

membership and site evaluations. The FASTT team consists of members<br />

from the Navy, <strong>Army</strong> (including the U.S. <strong>Army</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Center</strong>),<br />

Air Force and Marines.<br />

The FASTT mission is to reduce the cost of environmental compliance<br />

and improve maintenance work processes utilizing the best technology and<br />

management practices available. P2 plans and updates are required of all<br />

<strong>Army</strong> installations by <strong>Army</strong> Regulation 200-1 and Executive Order 13148.<br />

Sound environmental planning involving pollution prevention has been<br />

deemed the most economical and practical means of addressing<br />

environmental compliance concerns. Identifying pollution prevention<br />

opportunities at installations will assist in efforts to comply with <strong>Army</strong><br />

mandates as well as legal requirements. Since the site report contains cost<br />

benefit data, it can serve as an addendum to your P2 plan. Emphasis is<br />

placed on finding, developing and implementing only those material<br />

substitutions, work process changes and technology acquisitions that will<br />

decrease the burden on the serviceman.<br />

<strong>Army</strong> FASTT team members coordinate visits at participating <strong>Army</strong><br />

installations. All site surveys are scheduled through the activity<br />

environmental offices. Once an installation is selected, a small team visits<br />

the activity to conduct a pre-survey. This enables the FASTT team to<br />

formulate a team best suited to meet the activity’s needs. A few weeks<br />

later, a FASTT team will return to conduct the site survey. At the exit<br />

briefing with the activity commanding officer, the team presents a written<br />

report targeting opportunities for maintenance process improvement,<br />

waste reduction and cost avoidance. The ideas and suggestions in the<br />

report can be used to reduce business costs through reductions in waste<br />

streams, labor, and costs associated with environmental compliance.<br />

<strong>Army</strong> installations and major <strong>Army</strong> commands as well as other service<br />

(Navy, Air Force and Marines) members.<br />

To date, more than 48 sites have been visited, and recommendations have<br />

been made with an estimated cost savings approaching $200 million.<br />

All recommendations made during an <strong>Army</strong> site visit are left to<br />

installation personnel to initiate and prioritize based on available resources<br />

and need unless otherwise indicated in the report. Each service handles the<br />

recommendations somewhat differently. For instance, in the Navy, all

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