Munitions Response Services

MEC Remediation

USA has contracted on over 465 projects/task orders since incorporation in July 1998. Over half of these projects required remediation of sites contaminated with Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC), including Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and military debris. We have successfully performed these remediation services as both a prime contractor and subcontractor. USA performed Munitions Response Services for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville (USAESCH) under a $120M ceiling contract awarded in 2000. We received 27 task orders, including remediation projects such as Castner Range, Ft. Bliss, TX. On this project, USA completed subsurface removal on over 218 acres, excavating 47,889 anomalies, and provided surface removal on 994 acres. We destroyed by demolition 126 UXO, 52 Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH), and assorted small arms items. USA recovered, inspected, and certified 5,575 lbs of munitions debris and 9,364 lbs of range-related debris. We successfully performed Time-Critical Removal Actions (TRCA) at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and Camp Butner, NC. Under USAESCH’s follow-on $1.475B/5-year Munitions Response Services program, USA has received 19 task orders and performed MEC remediation at a number of sites, for example at Camp Bullis, TX and Ft. Benning, GA. In August 2005, USA was awarded a $50M, 5-year Munitions Response Contract with the Navy Pacific Division and we received 11 task orders to date with two MEC clearance projects at Adak Island in Alaska.

Engineering and Investigation Work
USA performed a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at the Popoki Training Area, HI. This RI/FS served to characterize potential risks and develop appropriate response alternatives to reduce human risks associated with MEC and Munitions Constituents (MC) items. USA provided Range Reconnaissance at multiple sites including Ft. Richardson, AK; Ft. Greely, AK; Ft. Carson, CO; Yakima, WA; Camp Bullis, TX; and Ft. Sill, TX. For USACE, Omaha District, USA worked on Comprehensive Site Evaluations (CSEs) at multiple Air Force Bases. USA is currently performing an RI/FS at Adak Island, AK, Site Inspection projects in Hawaii and Site Assessments in Guam under the Navy MRC Contract.

We have worked on four Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) in the past 5 years. These have been performed at Frankford Arsenal, PA; Waikoloa, HI; Camp Chaffee, AR; and Williams Field, AZ. The Frankford Arsenal project required a Geophysical Prove-Out (GPO) covering both land and water. With our subcontractor NAEVA Geophysics, we successfully configured and used an innovative underwater EM-61 platform. At Waikoloa, USA utilized our innovative technology, the Personal Data Assistant (PDA)/Global Positioning System (GPS) data collection tool. USA also evaluated the multi-gate EM basalt discrimination developed for the EM63 in support of has worked on over a hundred right-of-entry documentations.

Geophysical Surveying
For digital geophysical mapping (DGM), USA and its DGM team members routinely field the latest electromagnetic and magnetometer sensors, including EM-63, underwater EM-61 (used at the former Frankford Arsenal GPO with NAEVA Geophysics), EM-61MK2 and G-822 and G-858 in single sensor, gradiometer configurations, and towed arrays. We use OASIS montaj with UX-Process and the latest QA/QC tools for processing and analysis. USA has worked with SAIC to deploy their single and simultaneous multi-sensor towed-array systems, including the latter at the Former Myrtle Beach EOD Site and Pinecastle Jeep Range. DGM surveys use multiple positioning techniques appropriate to the site. These include survey-grade GPS, wheel odometers and fiducial marks, and laser ranging systems. Survey methodologies include grid, transect, meandering paths, and entire area surveys. Additionally, USA uses the latest analog sensors for MEC operations, including Minelab Explorer II, White XLT all-metal detectors, Schonstedt 52CX and Foerster’s Mk 26 magnetic gradiometers. USA also used the Italian Ceia MIL-D1 Mine Detector for landmine removals in Iraq on our Restore Iraqi Oil task order.

Range Clearance
USA supports DoD’s mission to prepare soldiers to fight and win wars by performing Range Clearances on active ranges. USA’s approach takes into account the concerns of the installation by performing upfront engineering to meet the goals and objectives of the installation’s Range Officers. USA’s staff has extensive experience in performing range clearance activities and managing complicated schedules and concerns associated with active ranges such as munitions debris. USA cleared a number of ranges, including Camp Bullis; Ft. Devens, MA; and Pohakuloa Training Area, HI.

Construction Support
USA has performed construction support projects throughout the United States and abroad. For example, at Raritan Arsenal, NJ, we performed an immediate response, excavating and recovering over 848 practice bombs USA still continues construction support on an as-needed basis at Raritan. We also provided support, including subsurface MEC removal, for the new construction of Range 4 in the Camp Hansen Training Range Complex, Okinawa, Japan and at the Scout Qualification Range, Ft. Hood, TX.

Chemical Warfare Materiel (CWM)
We completed our first CWM project as prime contractor at Harmony Church, Ft. Benning, GA. We sucessfully performed this RCRA Interim Measure to remove Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS) from the suspected area. USA also provides CWM support as a subcontractor to Parsons at Lowry Jeep Training Area, CO, Fort Segarra, Virgin Islands, former Camp Crowder, MO, former Camp Sibert, AL and Brooksville Army Airfield, FL. USA has participated in pre-operational evaluations and the Department of the Army pre-operational inspection for final approval to commence intrusive investigations.