Using process redesign to improve DoD's environmental security program: remediation program management

212 Pages·1999·0.59 MB·English

by  Jeffrey A. Drezner, Frank A. Camm

Using Process Redesign to Improve DoD's
title: Environmental Security Program :
Remediation Program Management
author: Drezner, Jeffrey A.; Camm, Frank A.
publisher: RAND
isbn10 | asin: 083302695X
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ebook isbn13: 9780585243467
language: English
Hazardous waste site remediation--United
States, Military bases--Waste disposal--
Environmental aspects--United States,
United States--Armed Forces--Facilities--
subject
Environmental aspects, United States.--
Dept. of Defense--Environmental aspects,
E.I. du Pont de
publication date: 1999
lcc: TD1040.D74 1999eb
ddc: 363.72/878
Hazardous waste site remediation--United
States, Military bases--Waste disposal--
Environmental aspects--United States,
subject: United States--Armed Forces--Facilities--
Environmental aspects, United States.--
Dept. of Defense--Environmental aspects,
E.I. du Pont de
The research described in this report was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD). The research was conducted in RAND's National Defense Research
Institute, a federally funded research and development center supported by the OSD,
the Joint Staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies under Contract
DASW01-95-C-0059.
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Drezner, Jeffrey A.
Using process redesign to improve DoD's environmental security program :
remediation program management / Jeffrey A. Drezner, Frank Camm.
p. cm.
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense by RAND's National Defense
Research Institute."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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disposalEnvironmental aspectsUnited States. 3. United StatesArmed
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Environmental aspects. 5. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & CompanyManagement
Environmental aspects. 6. Olin CorporationManagementEnvironmental aspects.
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Using Process Redesign to Improve DoD's
Environmental Security Program
Remediation Program Management
Jeffrey A. Drezner
Frank Camm
Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
National Defense Research Institute
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Preface
The Department of Defense (DoD) faces a difficult cleanup challenge,
with thousands of sites at active and closing installations and formerly
used defense sites. Efforts to increase the efficiency of cleanup
activities, by either reducing costs or accelerating the process, could
have a substantial effect on DoD's ability to meet its cleanup
obligations within an increasingly constrained budget environment.
The research reported here, which was conducted from late 1995 to
early 1997, is part of a larger study. The larger study is examining the
environmental management practices of commercial firms recognized
as having the best practices in that field and drawing lessons that DoD
could use to improve its own environmental management processes.
The overall study is examining four areas of importance to DoD:
designing weapon systems to have more cost-effective environmental
performance; managing the industrial processes in central logistics
activities; balancing environmental, military, and cost considerations
in managing an installation; and remediation program management.
This report addresses remediation program management and should
be of interest to officials concerned with remediation in both the
public and private sectors.
This research was sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security and performed
within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of RAND's
National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and
devel-
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opment center supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense,
the Joint Staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies.
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Contents
Preface iii
Figure vii
Tables vii
Summary ix
Acknowledgments xv
Acronyms xvii
Chapter One 1
INTRODUCTION
Research Approach 3
Organization of Report 6
Chapter Two 7
REMEDIATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Managing Remediation Programs 7
Challenges for DoD 10
Chapter Three 13
OVERVIEW OF INNOVATIVE COMMERCIAL
REMEDIATION-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Lessons from the Literature 14
Framework Supporting Case Studies 18
Chapter Four 21
CASE 1: REMEDIATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
AT DUPONT
Corporate Environmental Policy and Practice 22