Federal facilities cleanup: Learning to do more with less
✍ Scribed by David B. Frazier; William J. Birkhofer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Weight
- 597 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1048-4078
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✦ Synopsis
The perspective offered in this article on the battle forfunding and on other key federal facility policy initiatives is that of contractors engaged in hazardous waste management activities at federal, state, and private-sector facilities. The article begins with an overoiew of key policy initiatives in the 104th Congress and their impact on federalfacility cleanupactivities. Two issues introduced through thefiscal year 1996 Defense Authorization are covered. Key fiscal year 1997 federal facility environmental policy proposals are then considered. Finally, successes with partnering between federal agencies and the Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, a trade association representing environmental cleanup contractors, are examined as models for streamlining federal facility cleanup efforts.
In light of the conflict of wills between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Clinton administration over policy and budget issues, 1995 and 1996 have been politically contentious years. While both the President and congressional leadership agree on the premise that government programs must be run more economically and efficiently to produce "faster, better, cheaper" results, substantial disagreement continues as to how best to accomplish that objective.
Nowhere is this conflict more evident than in the debate over the reform and funding of environmental cleanup programs. Two programs that stand out are the Department of Energy's (DOE'S) environmental management (EM) program and the Department of Defense's (DOD's) defense environmental restoration account (DEW). The pressure to downsize, combined with the need to demonstrate greater progress, has driven DOE and DOD to make dramatic changes in these programs. As a result, DOE and DOD have led other federal agencies in reforming their environmental programs over the last four years.
The perspective offered in this article on the battle for funding and on David B. Frazier is the Director of State and Federal Relations of the Hazardous Waste Action Committee (HWAC), an environmental industry coalition, that has been actively involved in shaping federalfacility environmental policy at thestateand national level. WilliamJ. Birkhofer is Vice President, Sverdrup Corporation, a leading U.S. engineering and construction company engaged in DOD environmental restoration and € P A Superfund assignments throughout the United States, pollution preveption/waste minimization actiuities associated zoith test and evaluation operationssupport activities for the U.S. Air Force, and technicalfacilities development for DOD, DOE, and NASA.
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