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ABOUT MMG
Munitions Management Group (MMG) specializes
in Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC)
and Munitions Constituents (MC) related
environmental solutions.
MMG provides a complete line of MEC/MC
related services to support efforts such as
commercial strategic property repositioning
and the Military Munitions Response Program.
Over the past decade the members of MMG have
provided strategic technical support related
to the early transfer of Department of
Defense (DoD) contaminated property and the
privatized cleanup of both conventional
contamination (e.g., landfills) and MEC on
current and former DoD controlled or
impacted property.
MMG is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Concern, based in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Specialized Services
• Integrated MC and MEC risk assessments
• Geophysical investigation and detection of
MEC
• MC sampling and analysis
• Cradle-to-grave management of MEC and
related materials
• Full characterization of the reactive
waste stream
• Defensible reporting packages to support
project objectives
• Multiple media investigations on munitions
sites
DoD Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)
MMG’s senior personnel have unique
experience in supporting DoD and the
Services in developing characterization and
risk evaluation tools on Munitions Response
Sites across the country. Our staff has
supported DoD’s emerging MMRP prior to its
inception in September 2001 under the
Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP)
for the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine
Corps.
MEC and MC Project Experience
MMG staff has experience implementing all
aspects of MEC and MC projects:
• Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection
(PA/SI)
• Comprehensive Site Evaluation (CSE)
• Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
(RI/FS)
• Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
(EE/CA)
• Remedial and removal action phases |
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SUPPORT PROJECTS
Munitions Management Group is focused on
providing subcontractor services to firms
directly contracted with DoD, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the
Services.
Project management and/or senior
technical lead on MMRP SI and RI/FS projects
• MEC and MC integrated conceptual site
model (CSM) development, data quality
objectives (DQOs) development, and Technical
Project Planning (TPP) support
• Work Plan, Sampling and Analysis Plan
(SAP), Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP),
and other planning and reporting documents
development and technical review
• Coordinating new RI/FS projects with
pre-existing EE/CA data and efforts
Risk assessment
• Completion of Munitions Response Site
Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP) modules for
munitions response sites (MRSs)
• Performing Ordnance and Explosive Risk
Impact Analysis (OERIA) and Risk Assessment
Code (RAC) worksheets
• Converting outdated risk analyses into
MRSPP modules and/or EPA’s latest MEC Hazard
Assessment (HA) process and worksheets
• Performing human health and ecological
risk assessment screening, baselines, and a
tiered risk assessment approach based on
current and future land use
Field support
• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) escort to
environmental sampling personnel
• Full service MEC characterization and
remediation services including detection,
removal, and disposal operations |
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STRATEGIC PROPERTY
REPOSITIONING
MMG works closely with each client to
comprehensively manage and/or transfer the
liability and risks associated with MEC
contaminated properties including:
• Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS)
• Company Owned/Company Operated (CO/CO)
sites
• Government Owned/Company Operated (GO/CO)
sites
• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites
MMG’s ability to communicate a defensible
characterization approach to regulators and
stakeholders has proven to accelerate
property through the investigation and
remedial process for earliest redevelopment
availability. |
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RISK TRANSFER
Munitions Management Group supports clients
in achieving project and site-specific goals
that vary depending on the approach to risk
transfer:
Owner-Managed Risk
• Design, negotiate and implement a
cost-effective remedy for MEC conditions
• Offset remediation cost through recovery
from other parties
• Seek insurance policy recovery from
historical insurers
• Enhance the property value through greater
flexibility of use
Risk Transfer Option
• Evaluate “walk away” options –
transferring ownership of the site and the
risk/liabilities
• Limit costs needed to complete a risk
transfer
• Create finality and certainty for
liabilities linked to site |
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CASE HISTORIES
Pinecastle Jeep Range FUDS, Orlando, FL
Munitions Management Group conducted MEC
clearance actions for five commercial
clients on development properties
surrounding or partially within the former
Pinecastle Jeep Range FUDS in Orlando, FL.
While the USACE and its contractors continue
to perform remedial actions on the FUDS, MMG
was contracted by five separate
developers/home builders, as well as the
City of Orlando, to perform MEC detection
and clearance activities in areas being
prepared for development, housing lots at
various stages of construction and some
inhabited, multi-family housing complexes,
and City properties within the area of
concern.
Utilizing digital geophysical mapping and
hand-held geophysical detector surveys, MMG
cleared over 100 home lots, approximately 20
multi-unit housing complexes and surrounding
grounds, and over 80 acres planned for
development or public use. MMG also
completed soil sampling and laboratory
analysis for human health risk screening at
locations where MEC contamination was
discovered.
Former Camp Claiborne, LA and Former Five
Points Outlying Field, TX
In accordance with the DERP-FUDS program
administered by the USACE, MMG is
participating as a subcontractor to provide
expertise in preparing RI/FS documents that
will achieve acceptance from state and
federal regulators and other stakeholders.
MMG is lead on characterizing the risks
posed at each MRS, outlining a risk
management approach, and performing the
remedial alternatives identification,
evaluation, and selection. MMG is a key
member of the presentation team at Technical
Project Planning meetings and for other
stakeholder presentations.
Former Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range (BGR),
South Carolina
In accordance with the DERP-FUDS MMRP, MMG
is participating as a subcontractor to
provide project management support; lead
technical aspects of TPP, prepare RI Work
Plan, SAP, and QAPP; provide oversight to
environmental sampling activities; and
prepare RI Report, FS Report, Proposed Plan
and Decision Document.
The former Conway BGR consists of over
55,000-acres and a complex of historical
military training range activities. MMG is
updating existing EE/CA results for MEC into
the MRSPP and EPA MEC HA.
MMG has also planned a phased approach to
achieve environmental sampling data
requirements for the RI. MC sampling will
initially consist of worst-case scenario
(i.e., most likely source areas) sample
collection based on the CSM and human health
and ecological risk screening followed by
more focused sampling, if necessary, and
tiered risk assessment based on current and
future land use scenarios.
Former Camp Bowie, Brownwood, TX
Munitions Management Group participated
as a subcontractor in the performance of an
EE/CA at the former Camp Bowie site in
accordance with the DERP-FUDS program. The
EE/CA process was conducted to comply with
the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and
adheres to both the DERP policy for FUDS and
relevant USACE regulations and guidance for
munitions response actions.
Following review of historical information,
personnel interviews, review of aerial
photography, geophysical surveys, and
intrusive investigations, an EE/CA Report
was prepared. The EE/CA Report presented the
characterization of MEC contamination at the
former Camp Bowie, assessment of the risk
associated with that contamination, and
recommend response action alternatives to
reduce the risk. The report also provided
cost estimates for the recommended response
actions and a draft plan to conduct
recurring reviews of the measures emplaced
for risk reduction.
Confidential Site, New Jersey
Munitions Management Group is conducting
an RI/FS and remedial action phases for
confidential site in NJ contaminated with
chemical and munitions constituents, as well
as MEC.
An RI Work Plan, RI Report, Remedial Action
Selection Report (NJDEP’s equivalent to FS),
Remedial Action Work Plan, and Remedial
Action Report are being prepared in
accordance with NJDEP Technical Requirements
and consistent with DDESB, DoD, and USACE
MMRP requirements. EPA’s Draft MEC HA was
also used successfully to baseline MEC risks
in the RI Report and evaluate and select
remedial alternatives for the FS phase.
Environmental sampling has included surface
and subsurface soil samples, sediment and
surface water samples, monitoring well
installation, and groundwater samples. MEC
disposal performed by MMG during the RI
phase has included controlled detonations,
as well as a mobile flash unit for thermal
destruction.
Millville Industrial Park Expansion
Project, Millville, NJ
MMG performed a SI in accordance with
NJDEP requirements and consistent with
CERCLA and DoD MMRP requirements on nine MEC
Areas of Concern across the development
property.
MMG performed comprehensive geophysical
surveys and intrusive investigation at each
AOC in an effort to identify areas of the
property that may move to no further action
(NoFA) in a streamlined manner. MMG prepared
baseline risk assessments for each AOC based
on the results of the investigation.
Over 99% of the MEC SI study acreage (502
out of 505 acres) was identified for NoFA
based on the conclusions presented in the SI
Report.
MMG is currently performing the RI effort
for the remaining three acres, which involve
excavation of debris piles and
burial/landfill areas (approximately 25,000
cubic yards of material being mechanically
sifted by a mobile sifting unit). MMG is
performing on-site disposal/detonation of
MEC. |
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MMG STAFF
Chad Webb, Managing Member
Mr. Webb has 17+ years of experience
managing and participating in CERCLA-driven
munitions response actions on MEC and MC
contaminated sites, as well as
characterization and remediation/cleanup
projects involving soil, groundwater, and
structures with hazardous, toxic, and
radiological waste (HTRW) contamination.
He also has extensive experience with
environmental laws and regulatory
compliance, specifically military munitions
compliance and range sustainability.
Mr. Webb has provided training to five Army
Commands and over 250 Army personnel, as
well as authored guidance documents for the
Army and Air Force related to military
munitions regulation and cleanup.
Don Jenkins, Managing Member
Mr. Jenkins has 15+ years of UXO-qualified
experience and 5+ years of experience
crafting and implementing characterization
methodologies for investigations and
remediation of MEC and munitions
constituents contaminated sites for both
private and government clients.
He has successfully managed the first two
MEC sites regulated by the State of New
Jersey and has been instrumental in the
development of a MEC oversight program for
the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP).
Site Managers and Senior Technical Staff
MMG’s engineers, GIS technicians, risk
assessors, geophysicist, etc. have
experience performing investigation and
remediation programs at sites across the
country with a myriad of potential hazards
including MEC, MC, hazardous, toxic, and
radioactive waste.
UXO Qualified Personnel
Munitions Management Group’s Senior UXO
Supervisors (SUXOS), UXO Quality Control
Specialists, and UXO Safety Officers, along
with the Site Managers, form MMG’s Site
Management Teams and are some of the most
experienced and technically competent in the
industry.
MMG currently employees 35 UXO qualified
technicians and maintains a roster of over
65 UXO qualified technicians to respond to
the ebb and flow of resource requirements of
its munitions response projects.
MMG ensures competent staffing and retention
of UXO staff for field projects by offering
a robust compensation package including
signing bonuses, pay above the prevailing
wage determination, added health & welfare
pay, ten paid holidays, safety performance
bonuses, and retention bonuses at project
completion milestones. |
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CONTACT MMG
Don Jenkins
Managing Member
865.686.8972
Knoxville, TN
don.jenkins@mmg-us.com
Chad Webb
Managing Member
615.656.4074
Franklin, TN
chad.webb@mmg-us.com
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