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Elmendorf Draft FPA/ENVVEST Proposal

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
PACIFIC AIR FORCES


MEMORANDUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION 10
ATTENTION: DAVID BRAY, OAQ-107
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101


FROM: 3 WG/CV
11530 Q St Ste 200
Elmendorf AFB AK 99506-2850

SUBJECT: ENVVEST Proposal

1. The Air Force is very pleased with your selection of the Elmendorf Air Force Base ENVVEST proposal for continued development in the Project XL process. Attached are the draft Final Project Agreement (FPA) and draft Public Outreach Plan for your review and comment. Some of the specifics for the draft FPA are being developed by a consultant, in a parallel effort to this review. It is anticipated that the completion of your review and the results of the other studies will occur within the next thirty days.

2. It is estimated that sixty days will be required to accomplish the requirements of the draft Public Outreach Plan. Elmendorf will initiate that plan once review comments have been received and incorporated into the FPA. If no new state regulations are required and the results of the Public Outreach Plan are positive, the FPA could be signed in May 1998. We are pleased that this proposed schedule falls within your suggestion of completing the development phase within four to six months.

3. Thank you in advance for your prompt action. Please contact Valerie Payne, Air Quality Program Manager, at (907) 552-9677, with any additional questions or concerns.




RANDY E. HONNET, Colonel, USAF
Vice Commander


Attachments:
1. Draft Final Project Agreement
2. Draft Public Outreach Plan


cc:
Bruce deGrazia, DUSD/ES
Walter Walsh, HQ EPA
John Stone, ADEC (Juneau)
Major Bryan Bodner, HQ USA/ILEVQ
Robert Leong, HQ PACAF/CEV
Jim Washington, AFCEE-CCR/S


FINAL PROJECT AGREEMENT
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE
AIR QUALITY ENVVEST INITIATIVE



PREAMBLE

This Final Project Agreement (FPA or "Agreement") is prepared in support of President Clinton's Reinventing Environmental Regulation Initiative. This Agreement states the intention of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska ("Elmendorf" or "Base"), and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) (collectively hereinafter referred to as "the parties") to carry out a pilot project pursuant to the 1995 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Defense (DOD) and EPA on Regulatory Reinvention Projects, testing innovative approaches to environmental protection. The program resulting from the MOA is called ENVVEST and represents an initiative to develop new approaches for meeting DOD and EPA responsibilities while achieving better environmental performance at lower cost than anticipated under existing regulatory approaches. The ENVVEST program mirrors and supports EPA's regulatory relief efforts under Project XL.

Under this Agreement, Elmendorf will achieve superirate superior environmental technology through the implementation of an alternative-fuel vehicle program. The Elmendorf initiative follows President Clinton's mandate that regulatory reinvention under the Project XL/ENVVEST program put the focus on progress rather than process. Elmendorf has proposed a phased air emissions reduction program, targeting reduced emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The EPA and ADEC will, in return, allow Elmendorf the use of innovative means for complying with the Clean Air Act, Title V Federal Operating Permit Program.

I. Overview-Purpose of this Agreement

This Agreement is a joint statement of the parties' intentions with regard to the Elmendorf Air Quality ENVVEST Initiative. This Agreement is not intended to create legal rights or to be a contract or a regulatory action, such as a permit or rule. While it does not give rise to any rights enforceable in a legal action either to compel performance of the Agreement or for damages, it is intended to clearly state the plans of the parties and to represent the firm commitment of each party to carry out the project.

II. Description of the Project

A. General Project Description
B. Conformity to the Memorandum of Agreement

1. Regulatory Flexibility

2. Cost Savings and Paperwork Reduction

3. Description of Stakeholder Involvement

4. Environmental Results: Innovation/Pollution Prevention

5. Transferability, Feasibility, Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation

a. Transferability

b. Feasibility

c. Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation

6. Environmental Justice

III. Implementation of the Elmendorf Initiative

A. Elmendorf Responsibilities

B. ADEC Responsibilities

C. EPA Responsibilities

IV. Administration of the Agreement

A. Duration and Renewal of Agreement
B. Funding
E. Dispute Resolution

F. Public Records and the Administrative Record

G. Enforcement

H. Periodic Review and Evaluation Activities
I. Means of Giving Notice

William R. Hanson, P.E., Environmental Flight Chief
U.S. Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base
3 CES/CEV
22040 Maple Street
Elmendorf AFB AK 99506-3240

Charles E. Findley, Deputy Regional Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101

John Stone, Air Quality Maintenance
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 105
Juneau, Alaska 99801

J. Effective Date



Chuck Clarke
Regional Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10



Randy E. Honnet, Colonel, USAF
Vice Commander
3rd Wing, Elmendorf Air Force Base



Michelle Brown
Commissioner
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation


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