IAAAP was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) in August 1989 due to surface water contaminated with explosives leaving the installation boundary. IAAAP’s Hazard Ranking Score (HRS) is 29.73. A Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) was signed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region VII and the U.S. Army in September 1990 and became effective in December of 1990. The agreement defines objectives, responsibilities, procedural and schedule frameworks for implementing the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) at the IAAAP.
The primary source of contamination is attributable to past operating practices in which explosives contaminated waste waters and sludges were discharged to uncontrolled on-site drainage areas. Additional sources of historical contamination included routine open burning of explosives materials and munitions and land-filling of waste material. These practices no longer occur; however, residual contamination remains both on and off-post. Another source of historical contamination includes radiological contamination resulting from the destructive testing of components containing depleted uranium.
The Installation Restoration Program (IRP) effort is to identify, investigate and mitigate past hazardous waste disposal practices that may have contributed to the release of pollutants into the environment at Army installations/facilities. The IRP cleanup efforts are to be accomplished under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA) of 1986 requirements and if applicable, consistent with the substantive requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action process.
Our program management goals are: Identify, investigate, and remediate/cleanup contamination associated with past industrial activities. Protect human health and the environment. Work with environmental regulators and stakeholders in achieving the above goals, and include members of the surrounding communities in the IRP effort at the IAAAP.
The Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) exists to identify, investigate, and take removal or response actions to address Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC), such as unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, munitions debris, or the chemical residues of munitions. The MMRP cleanup efforts are to be accomplished under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA) of 1986 requirements and, if applicable, consistent with the substantive requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action process.