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Quality Considerations for Multiple Aspects of Munitions Response Sites

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1 Introduction
1 Introduction Overview
1.1 About this Guidance
1.2 Resources and Planned Updates
1.3 About Munitions Response Projects
2 Quality Concepts
3 Evidence-Based Decisions
3 Evidence-Based Decisions Overview
3.1 Types of Evidence
3.2 Conceptual Site Model
3.3 Systematic Planning: USEPA Data Quality Objective Process
3.4 Uncertainty
4 Project Responsibilities
4 Project Responsibilities Overview
4.1 Project Delivery Team
4.2 Lead DOD Agency
4.3 Lead Regulatory Agency
4.4 MR Contractor
5 Project Phase
5 Project Phases Overview
5.1 PA/SI
5.2 RI/FS
5.3 Remedial Action
5.4 Example DQO
6 QC and Documentation
6 QC and Documentation Overview
6.1 Geophysical System Verification
6.2 QC Acceptance Requirements
6.3 Accreditation and Other Considerations
6.4 UFP-QAPP and Documentation
7 Acquiring Geophysical Data
7 Acquiring Geophysical Data Overview
7.1 Site Preparation
7.2 Geophysical Survey
7.3 Intrusive Investigation
8 Stakeholder Perspectives
8 Stakeholder Perspectives Overview
8.1 Community Involvement Plan
8.2 Using Public Service Announcements and the Media
8.3 Maintain Updated Stakeholder Notification and Communications
9 Case Studies
9 Case Studies Overview
9.1 Case Study 1: AGC Lessons Learned at the former Camp San Luis Obispo
9.2 Example Case Study 2: Soil Processing
Training Video
Additional Information
Appendix A. Root Cause Analysis/Corrective Action Process Summary
Acronyms
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Team Contacts
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Acronyms

AB accreditation body
ADEM Alabama Department of Environmental Management
AGC advanced geophysical classification
AGC-QAPP Advanced Geophysical Classification for Munitions Response Quality Assurance Project Plan
AIM American Indian Movement
ANSI/ASQ E4-2004 Quality Systems for Environmental Data and Technology Programs – Requirements with Guidance for Use
BSI blind seed item
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CSM conceptual site model
CU cubic yard
DAGCAP DOD Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program
DAQ data acquisition
DD Decision Document
DDESB Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DERP Defense Environmental Restoration Program
DFW definable features of work
DGM digital geophysical mapping
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DMM discarded military munition
DOD United States Department of Defense
DQI data quality indicator
DQO Data Quality Objective
DU decision unit
DUA data usability assessment
ECOS Environmental Council of the States
EDQW DOD Environmental Data Quality Workgroup
EM electromagnetic
EMI electromagnetic induction
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
EPP Environmental Protection Plan
ERIS Environmental Research Institute of the States
ESP explosives site plan
ESS explosives safety submission
ESTCP Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
FLMA Federal Land Management Agency
FUDS formerly used defense sites
GCO geophysical classification organization
GPS global positioning system
GSV geophysical system verification
IDQTF Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force
IMU inertial measurement unit
ISO industry standard object
ISS informed source selection
ITRC Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
IVS instrument verification strip
MD munitions debris
MDAS material documented as safe
MDEH material determined to have an explosive hazard
MEC munitions and explosives of concern
MGFD munition with the greatest fragmentation distance
MMRP Military Munitions Response Program
MPC measurement performance criteria
MPV man-portable vector
MPPEH material potentially presenting an explosive hazard
MQO measurement quality objective
MR munitions response
MRS munitions response site
NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command
non-TOI non-target of interest
NOSSA Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
NTCRA non-time critical removal action
PA preliminary assessment
PARCCS precision, accuracy, representativeness, comparability, completeness, and sensitivity
PDT project delivery team
PSQ principle study question
QA quality assurance
QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan
QASP quality assurance surveillance plan
QC quality control
QSR quality systems requirement
RAO remedial action objective
RCA root cause analysis
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RI remedial investigation
ROD Record of Decision
RTK real-time kinematic
SAA small arms ammunition
SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SE standard error
SI site inspection
SNR signal to noise ratio
SOP standard operating procedure
TCRA time critical removal action
TOI target of interest
UFP-QAPP Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans
UFP-QS Uniform Federal Policy for Implementing Environmental Quality Systems
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
UXO unexploded ordnance
WAA wide area assessment
WMP waste management plan

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