# Presentation: 580648

## Environmental Acquisition & Logistics Sustainment Program (EALSP)

- 3 June 2008

**Presented By: Mr. Thomas A. Bush**
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**	****           ****Baltimore, MD**
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## EALSP Mission

**Requirement**
**Authorized by CG RDECOM & Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention Program (A2P3) to Fulfill Environmental Acquisition, Logistics, Operations & Support Responsibilities Prescribed by AR 10-5, AR 70-1**
**Military Significance**
**Support Army Transformation by Resolving Environmental Risks to Future Operational Readiness**
**Support Army Strategy for Environment by Integrating Industrial Base Sustainability into Systems Acquisition**
**Goals**
**Maintain a High State of Mission Readiness**
**Increase Reliability of Weapon System Components**
**Minimize Impacts of Weapon Systems on Installations**
**Eliminate Impending Compliance Restrictions**
**Reduce Cost of Environmental Compliance**

***Reduce constraints on Army operational readiness by integrating environmental considerations into the materiel life cycle***

## EALSP Elements

- EALSP

- EQT

- CPC

- JG-PP

- Special
- Programs

- Support to
- PEOs/PMs

- SPOTA

- OEP

- HMRP

- ZFC

- ODCs

- PRP

- GHGs

## EQT Program – Management Overview

**Environmental Technology Technical Council (ETTC) **
**HQDA senior council representing the operational, logistics, scientific and engineering, planning, resource management, infrastructure, and medical interest of the Army **
**Chaired by the Army’s Director of Research and Laboratory Management, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health **
**Monitors the environmental program prioritization process for consistency, and reviews and approves technology projects to compete for RDT&E funding in the POM process **
**Environmental Technology Integrated Process Team (ETIPT)**
**Working group supporting the ETTC **
**Ensures all environmental quality technology initiatives funded with RDT&E funds are coordinated and approved through the ETTC**
**Reviews Army Environmental Requirements & Technology Assessments (AERTA) and technology projects for consistency and adherence with established prioritization criteria and guidance from the ETTC**
**Reviews and adopts standardized economic analysis procedures supported by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics**
**Pollution Prevention Technology Team (P2TT)**
**One of 4 Technology Teams consisting of members from the RDT&E and user communities**
**Identifies and justifies technological solutions to Army high-priority environmental quality requirements to the ETIPT **
**Submits planned projects based on high-priority environmental requirements and technology assessments**
**Provides planning and implementation support for technology transfer and fielding of new technologies **

***The Army’s Environmental Quality Technology (EQT) program is an element of the Army’s research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) program and provides new or innovative equipment, materials, methods or protocols to reduce the total cost of Army operations and to ensure the sustainability of the current and future Army missions.***

## EQT Program – P2TT Programs

**Sustainable Painting Operations for the Total Army (SPOTA)**
**Problem:**  EPA will regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) emissions from surface coating of Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment (DLSME) with compliance by 2011
**Solution:**  Eliminate pollution control devices and recordkeeping requirements by developing and implementing compliant and/or HAP-free materials for the following Army weapon system surface coating applications:
- Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) systems and other non-CARC paints
- Paint removers used in immersion and brush-on applications
- Solvents used for parts cleaning and paint thinning
- Rubber-to-metal bonding of road wheels and track shoes
- High-volume, widely used sealants and adhesives
- Munitions coating materials used on large quantity items
- Program endorsed by PEO Ground Combat Systems, PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support, PEO Aviation and PEO Missiles & Space
**Ordnance Environmental Program (OEP)**
**Problem:**  Fielded energetics have excellent performance properties, but ESOH properties have resulted in training range restrictions due to contamination and excessive clean-up costs for UXO
**Solution:**  Eliminate/reduce detrimental ESOH compounds and materials from conventional ammunition, rockets and propellants, and pyrotechnics
- Integrate program with ATO, DTO, SBIR & other RDTE programs PEO/PM requirements & provide multiple solution pathways for each replacement
- Accelerate RDTE process through reliance on computer modeling, leveraging OSD/DA programs, improved synthesis, and novel system solutions
- Implement policy/procedure for characterizing energetic materials environmental properties i.e.  environmental properties are RDTE performance parameters
- Program endorsed by 5 PEOs
**Heavy Metals Reduction Program (HMRP)**
**Problem:**  Approximately one-third of hazardous wastes generated by Army industrial sites are associated with metal plating, machining, and finishing processes, with heavy metal emissions being some of the most toxic
**Solution:**  Identify, demonstrate and implement alternatives that meet/exceed high performance in corrosion resistance, lubricity, and wear
- Coordinate with OEMs in material and process development and integrate LCMCs into process to make necessary changes
- Accelerate RDTE process through leveraging of mature RDTE programs and metal plating facility modernization efforts
- Test protocols will be developed to test parameters and performance characteristics for candidate component families to achieve joint service consensus and multiple users for solutions to reduce costs
- Identify multiple solution pathways and risks for each application and develop alternative alloys and processes to meet/exceed required performance characteristics per application
**Zero Footprint Camp (ZFC)**
**Problem:**  There are numerous force protection, logistical and environmental issues associated with base camp sustainment operations
**Solution:**  Reduce dependence on logistics tail and natural surroundings by treating and reutilizing waste streams within the base camp
- Solid waste is converted to energy, reducing fuel consumption by up to 30%
- Gray water is treated and reused in showers and laundries, reducing “new” water usage by up to 70%
- Black water is treated and reused in latrines, eliminating need for contractor disposal
- Water is captured from generator exhaust, 0.6 gals of water for every gal of fuel
- Program endorsed by PM-Force Sustainment Systems

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## Army Corrosion Prevention & Control (CPC) Program

**DoD Corrosion Executive, appointed by the Secretary of Defense, oversees and coordinates efforts throughout DoD to prevent and mitigate corrosion of military equipment and infrastructure**
**CPC Program is currently funded through Congressional Interest projects and the DoD CPC Integrated Process Team, addressing requirements for both weapon systems and infrastructure **
**Weapon systems projects executed by RDECOM centers and laboratories**
**Infrastructure projects executed by USACE centers and laboratories**
**Weapon systems and infrastructure projects may be funded by either RDTE or OMA appropriations**
**EALSP responsibilities**
**Manage all CPC funds on behalf of HQ, AMC–the DA Executive Agent**
**Conduct annual call for project proposals, coordinate peer reviews, and submit through AMC to the CPCIPT for funding consideration**
**Develop an annual Program Management Plan for the Army CPC Program to eliminate reliance on DoD funding**
**Identify technical objectives for all weapon systems**
**Develop budget that progresses through RDTE to the proper implementation appropriations**
**Submit resource requirements through the POM process**
**Ensure that the Army CPC Program is fully integrated with all other EALSP programs, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), and the Environmental Security and Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)       **

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## Direct Support to PEOs/PMs

**Promote and assist the integration of installation environmental sustainability issues into the system acquisition process, particularly those sustainability issues impacting the Army industrial base **
**Assist in preparation of environmental documentation for compliance with acquisition regulations and statutory requirements applicable to weapon system development  **
**Perform pre-ASARC coordination for environmental requirements and review program documentation to ensure environment, safety and occupational health considerations are addressed in system requirements **
**Participate in Environmental Management Teams (EMTs) and associated initiatives in support of Army weapon system programs**
**Future Combat Systems EMT**
**Stryker EMT**

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## Special Programs

**Ozone Depleting Compounds (ODCs) Elimination Program**
**Developed to comply with Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (U.S. enforcement of the Montreal Protocol)**
**Eliminate the use of Class I and II ozone-depleting compounds in weapon systems and facilities**
**Halons used in weapon system explosion suppression, fire suppression, and handheld fire extinguisher applications**
**Halons used in fixed, total-flooding facility systems and flight line wheeled extinguishers**
**Refrigerants used in weapon system environmental control equipment**
**Identify, test, and assist in implementation of ODC alternatives for the few remaining weapon system applications **
**Green House Gasses (GHGs) Assessment Program**
**Mitigate the operational and economic impacts on the Army resulting from the regulation of GHGs**
**Sustain the operational readiness of GHG dependent equipment **
**Enable the Army to achieve environmental compliance with its weapon systems as directed by international treaties, Federal statutes, Executive Orders, State laws and regulations, DoD and Army policies and regulations**
**Perchlorate Replacement Program (PRP)**
**Developed to reduce range contamination and Army dependence on perchlorate in anticipation of future regulation**
**Eliminate the use of perchlorate in the M115A2 Ground Burst and M116A1 Hand Grenade simulators**
**Account for up to 70% of perchlorate found on training ranges**
**Coordinated program between ARDEC, ECBC, Radford Army Ammunition Plant, PM-Close Combat Systems, and PM-Training Devices**
***Winner of the 2008 Secretary of the Army Environmental Award***

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## Joint Group - Pollution Prevention (JG-PP)

**Chartered by the Joint Logistics Commanders to reduce hazardous materials by identifying, advocating and managing Joint pollution prevention projects, and facilitating implementation within the acquisition and sustainment communities **
**Partnership between the Military Services, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration and the Defense Contract Management Agency **
**Address common problems through shared efforts to produce joint technology solutions **
**Reduce duplication of effort by working with interested stakeholders and technology experts to establish Joint Test Protocols for pollution prevention technologies that satisfy the requirements of participating organizations**
**Oversee testing and facilitate the transfer of the technology to the field **
**Commander, RDECOM, is the senior Army representative per AMCOPS-I-EI memorandum dated 4 December 2003**
**Face-to-face principal meetings held annually, typically in the Washington-metro area**

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## EALSP Program Management

**EALSP IPT**
**Manage BA1, BA2, BA3, BA4, BA6 Environmental Funding**
**Coordinate Policy & Guidance with Matrix Organizations **
**Support Proposal Development for SERDP & ESTCP**
**EALSP Director employs common program management strategy for all efforts**
**Updates Program Management Plans every 1-3 years**
**Requires principal investigators to submit project plans with technical deliverables and spending plans at the start of every fiscal year**
**Holds regular IPRs to receive detailed technical and financial updates from principal investigators**
**Requires brief monthly status reporting on progress and setbacks**
**Monitors project obligation and disbursement status weekly to ensure agreement with HQDA required rates**
**Works with project principal investigators on daily / as-needed basis**
**Reviews project deliverables as they are drafted, finalized, published**
**Requires standard environmental health risk analysis led by CHPPM for energetic material substitution efforts (Ordnance pilot)**
**Inputs technical, programmatic and financial updates into custom Red / Amber / Green tool to evaluate project status real-time**

***Centralized Management, Decentralized Execution***

**Notes:**
Maryalice
I use a common program management strategy for all of my programs and projects, both EQT and non-EQT.  My staff closely monitors both the technical progress and the financial status of all projects and we adjust them as necessary.  I personally oversee the distribution of funds, attend every program review meeting, and make adjustments to underachieving or under-funded programs.