From: CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>
Subject: DOD News 08/21/92
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 14:39:11 GMT


From CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>

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                                                  No. 344-92
                                                  (703) 695-0192 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE         August 21, 1992         (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)

             DEPARTMENT  OF  DEFENSE  REDUCES  HAZARDOUS  WASTE  

     The Department of Defense announced today that, based on calendar year
1991 data, it has reduced its hazardous waste disposal by 53.9 percent since
1987.  The Department in June 1987 established a goal of reducing hazardous
waste by 50 percent before the end of 1992.  

     Most of the reduction, more than 85 percent, can be attributed to less
waste generation at DoD industrial-type facilities.  These facilities, such as
arsenals, shipyards, maintenance depots and air logistics centers, account for
the majority, about 60 percent, of all the hazardous waste generated by the
Department.  The remainder is generated from such areas as daily installation
operations and training facilities.

     The Department recognizes that the key to a cleaner environment is
pollution prevention through source reduction.  With that in mind, the mili-
tary's pollution prevention strategy emphasizes four areas.  The areas and
examples of current and future programs are:

   7 SYSTEMS  ACQUISITION -- The Air Force prohibited the use of certain
     hazardous materials in the design, manufacture, and operation of the new
     F-22 fighter plane with no sacrifice of cost, schedule or performance.
     Prohibited materials included chlorofluorocarbons, cadmium and chromium. 

   7 MATERIAL  SUBSTITUTION -- Kelly Air Force Base, Tex. replaced cyanide
     stripping baths with non-cyanide strippers.  The base saved $390,000
     annually on treatment and disposal costs.   Scranton Army Ammunition
     Plant, Pa. eliminated the use of chromic acid rinse as part of the process
     to prepare steel surfaces for painting.

   7 PROCESS  IMPROVEMENT -- Naval Aviation Depot Jacksonville, Fla. eliminated
     vapor degreasers by using an alternative cleaning process.  The depot
     eliminated 300,000 pounds of waste annually and reduced volatile organic
     compounds emissions by 66 percent.  Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Tex.
     saved $450,000 annually by reducing rainwater infiltration into their
     treatment system and eliminating 8.9 million gallons annually of hazardous
     waste water.

   7 IMPROVED  HAZARDOUS MATERIAL  MANAGEMENT -- Naval Air Weapons  Station,
     Point Mugu, Calif. developed a centralized hazardous material inventory
     control system.  In the first year, hazardous material purchases decreased
     49 percent, and hazardous waste disposal decreased 73 percent.

                                    (more)
     The Department of Defense has demonstrated that it is a leader in pollu-
tion prevention by winning two of the Environmental Protection Agency's
Administrator's Pollution Prevention Awards for 1991.  The Navy Exploratory
Development Program, Warminster, Pa.  won for developing a new paint that
reduces volatile organic compounds and hazardous waste by 67 percent.  Fair-
child Air Force Base, Wash. won as a model for comprehensive pollution preven-
tion planning and implementation.  In addition, the Army Depot Systems Command,
Chambersburg, Pa. was a runner up for their program to pool pollution research
and development among several depots.

     The reduction numbers listed below are for all DoD installations in the
United States that shipped hazardous waste off-site for treatment and disposal.
Each military department and the Defense Logistics Agency submit reports
annually to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Environment to report on their progress towards the reduction goal.  Tracked
for the goal are items that were regulated as hazardous wastes in 1987.  In
late 1992, DoD plans to establish a new baseline and set a new reduction goal.

                           Hazardous  Waste  Reductions 

                              (In Thousands of Pounds)

          All of DoD            -                      Industrial Portion


     Year   Total Waste Disposed/ %  Reduction       Total Waste Disposed/ %
                                        Reduction

     1987     346,770.2             base year                       base year
251,830.2

     1988     236,573.9             -31.8%               158,806.1
-36.9%

     1989     201,555.2             -41.9%               142,062.9
-43.6%

     1990     207,663.3*            -40.1%               145,102.9*
-42.2%

     1991     159,698.8              -53.9%                91,800.8
-63.5%

     *Slight increase was due to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm activi-
ties.

                                     -END-





                                                                      No. 230-M

MEMORANDUM  FOR  CORRESPONDENTS                                 August 21, 1992

     On August 22, 1992 (Laos date), technical representatives from Laos and
the United States are scheduled to begin joint investigations and remains
recovery operations pertaining to unaccounted for Americans in Laos.  This
operation will be the sixth joint field activity conducted by U.S. and Lao
representatives this year under an expanded program of joint activities, and
the 19th since February 1985.  The activity will be conducted in Savannahkhet
Province of Laos.

     The joint team plans to investigate two priority cases and conduct survey
operations at five U.S. military aircraft crash sites during a 10-to-14 day
period.  The 12 U.S. team members will be under the operational control of
Joint Task Force Full Accounting and will be joined by personnel from the Lao
government.  The team consists of POW/MIA specialists with experience in
investigation and survey operations and will be led by Army Lt. Col. Edward
Spohn, commander of Joint Task Force Full Accounting's Detachment Three, which
is located in the Lao capitol of Vientiane.  

     There are 2,266 Americans still listed as missing or otherwise unaccounted
for in Indochina.  To date, 47 Americans previously listed as missing in Laos
have been accounted for, 43 of which were the results of joint investigations.

     During the most recent operation in Laos, which was conducted from July 10
to July 20 of this year, a joint U.S./Lao team excavated a reported grave site
associated with an unaccounted for American.  They also surveyed seven sites,
either crash sites of American aircraft lost or purported burial sites of
Americans killed during the war in Vietnam.  Although no remains were recovered
during the operation, the team did find material evidence, including aircraft
wreckage, which may be correlated to cases of unaccounted for Americans.
Analysis to determine any such correlation is being conducted.

     Accounting for Americans still missing in Southeast Asia as a result of
the Vietnam War is a matter of highest national priority for the United States.
The United States welcomes and appreciates the cooperation of Laos in this
joint endeavor.

                                     -END-







MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:	AUGUST 21, 1992		(703) 697-5131 -
Info.

	The Departments of Army and Air Force today announced the following
general officer reassignments:

ARMY:
	Brigadier General Anthony C. Trifiletti, to be CG, U.S. Army Test and
Experiment Command, Fort Hood, Texas, effective 24 August 1992.  He is cur-
rently Deputy Program Executive Officer,

	Brigadier General Richard W. Tracemann, to be CG, U.S. Army Test and
Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD., effective 14 September 1992.
He is currently Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Analysis Command/DCS
for Analysis, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

	Brigadier General Robert B. Rosenkranz, to be CG, U.S. Army Operational
Test and Evaluation Command, Alexandria, VA., effective 28 August 1992.  He is
currently Director, Force Program Integration, ODCS/O&P, Washington, D.C.

	Major General William C. Page, Jr., to be Deputy CG, III Corps and Fort
Hood, Texas.  He is currently CG, U.S. Army Test and Experimentation Command,
Fort Hood, Texas.

	Major General John C. Ellerson, to be CG, U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical
Agency/Director, Space and Special Weapons, ODCS/O&P, Washington, D.C.  He is
currently Director of Operations, J-3, U.S. Southern Command, Quarry Heights,
Panama.

	Major General Marc A. Cisneros, to be DIG for Investigations and Over-
sight, Office, Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.  He is currently Deputy
CG, III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas.

	Major General Roger K. Bean, to be DCG, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter,
Hawaii.  He is currently DIG for Investigations and Oversight, Office, Secre-
tary of the Army, Washington, D.C>

AIR FORCE:
	Brigadier General George W. Norwood, to be Deputy IG, Office Secretary of
the Air Force, Washington, D.C.  He is currently Director, Inspections, TIG,
Office Secretary of the Air Force.

						END

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1922					(703) 697-5131 - Info

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                           DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

	Kaysam Corporation of America,* Paterson, New Jersey, is being awarded a
$9,367,218 firm fixed price on an indefinite quantity contract for 671,004
pairs of black vinyl combat overshoes.  Twenty-six proposals were solicited and
three received.  Work will be performed in New Jersey, and is expected to be
completed by 26 April 1993.  Funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal
year.  The Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the
contracting activity (DLA100-92-D-4223).

                                     ARMY

	FN Manufacturing, Incorporated, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded on
August 20, 1992, a $7,774,187 firm fixed price contract for 19,387 M16A2 Rifle,
5.56mm.  Work will be performed in Columbia, South Carolina, and is expected to
be completed by December 19, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  There were two bids solicited on April 22, 1992,
and two bids received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Armament,
Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois (DAAA09-92-C-0615).

	Delta Research Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded a
$126,000 increment as part of a $6,717,517 cost plus fixed fee contract for
technical support for HQ Department of Army for ADP decision support system.
Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by
September 1, 1998.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  There were 215 bids solicited on March 1, 1992, and 4 bids received.
The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington,
DC (MDA903-92-D-0084).

	BMY-Combat Systems, A Division of Hero Corporation, York, Pennsylvania, is
being awarded a $20,800,000 modification to a firm fixed price contract for the
65th U. S. Army M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicles.  Work will be
performed in York, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by April 30,
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This is a sole source contract initiated on April 30, 1991.  The contracting
activity is the U. S. Army Tank Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan
(DAAE07-91-C-A045).

                          CIVIL WORKS - NON MILITARY

	Minn-Kota Excavating, Incorporated, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, is being
awarded a $1,000,000 increment as part of a $9,277,159 firm fixed price
contract for Local Flood Protection, Phase III, Lake Wichita, Holliday Creek.
Work will be performed in Wichita Falls, Texas, and is expected to be completed
by March 1, 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 87 bids solicited on May 11, 1992, and 8 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Tulsa, Oklahoma (DACW56-92-C-0107).

                                   AIR FORCE

	EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Incorporated, Hunt Valley,
Maryland, is being awarded a $25,000,000 indefinite-quantity contract for
installation of chemical treatment systems for groundwater remediation at
various locations in the U.S. and U.S. Territories where the Air Force has
responsibility to participate in environmental clean-up activities.  The work
will be performed at various sites in the U. S. And Territories.  Contract is
expected to be completed August 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the en
dof the current fiscal year.  Three hundred and forty-nine bids were solicited
and twelve proposals were received.  The solicitation was issued in March 1992
and negotiations were completed in July 1992.  The Human Systems Center, Brooks
Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41624-92-D-8005).

	Raytheon Support Services Company, Burlington, Massachusetts, is being
awarded a $5,010,150 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for maintenance of
trainers and related equipment at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.  Contract is
expected to be completed in September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  Twenty-nine bids were solicited and one
proposal was received.  The solicitation was issued March 1992 and negotiations
were completed in June 1992.  The 3303rd Contracting Squadron, Randolph Air
Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41689-92-C-0255).

	Roy F. Weston, West Chester, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $25,000,000
indefinite-quantity contract for installation of chemical treatment systems for
groundwater remediation at various locations in the U.S. and U.S. territories
where the Air Force has responsibility to participate in environmental clean-up
activities.  The work will be performed at various sites in the U.S. and U.S.
Territories.  Contract is expected to be completed in August 1995.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Three hundred and
forty nine bids were solicited and twelve proposals were received.  The
soliticitations was issued in March 1992 and negotiations were completed in
July 1992.  The Human Systems Center, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, is the
contracting activity (F41624-92-D-8009).

                                     NAVY

	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, is
being awarded the advanced planning for the selected restricted availabilities
(SRAs) of USS Bergall (SSN-667) and USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) for $1,878,800.
The value of the contract including options for accomplishment of SRAs is
$10,383,200.  Expected availability dates for the SSN-667 and 673 are May 25,
1993 to July 25, 1993 and July 15, 1993 to September 15, 1993, respectively.
This contract was competitively procured with five bids solicited and two bids
received.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity
(N00024-92-C-8526).

	Helix Electric, Inc., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $6,539,000
firm-fixed-price contract for electrical distribution system upgrade for Piers
Six and Eight at Naval Station, San Diego, California, and work is expected to
be completed by September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with 13 bids
received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest Division, San
Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N68711-90-C-0717).

	Metro Machine Corp., Imperial Docks, Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded a
firm-fixed-price with performance fee contract for the regular overhaul (ROH)
of USS Ticondergoa (CG-47), in the amount of $11,600,230.  Options under the
contract, if exercised, will extend the value to $14,348,134.  The work will be
performed in Norfolk, Virginia, an dis expected to be completed by May 21,
1993.  Contract funds totalling $10,371,670 will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with ten bids
solicited and five bids received.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the
contracting activity (N00024-92-H-8043).

 * Small Business
** Labor Surplus Area

						END

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