Presented to: Citizens’ Advisory Commission Presented by: Paul Dent Operational Readiness Review (ORR) Manager

1. PCAPP Update
28 May 2014
Presented to:
Citizens’ Advisory Commission
Presented by:
Paul Dent
Operational Readiness Review
(ORR) Manager

2. What is an ORR?
Per ACWA Policy Statement 26, “ORRs will be
conducted to verify the readiness of the
ACWA Pilot Plants to safely begin operations
involving chemical agents, explosives, or
other highly hazardous materials.”
 The ORR process is used to validate
that PCAPP “plant, paper, and people”
collectively meet the required criteria
to allow a new operation to begin.
 PCAPP ORR process is led by the
system-contractor (SC) to support a
declaration of readiness.
 ACWA provides ORR oversight;
independent validation is used to
support the SC’s declaration of
readiness.
 Stakeholders are invited to observe
the ORR process.
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Plant
PeoplePaper
Achieve Readiness – by Responsible Managers
Validate Readiness – by ORR Board
Declare Readiness – by Project Manager
Accept Readiness – by ACWA

3. 5
ORR Major Milestones
NOT YET STARTED
IN PROGRESS
COMPLETE
* Major Milestones per
the PCAPP Baseline
IMS. PCAPP goal is to
declare readiness 60
days sooner
* Incremental Readiness
Assessments will
overlap – they are not
strictly sequential
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7
9
8
4
3
2
6
14
15
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Lab Dilute Agent Operations Mini-ORR OCT 2013 – 52 Criteria
Boiler Ignition Readiness Assessment DEC 2012 –
19 Criteria
Integrated Operations Demonstrations (IODs)
JUN 2015 – 11 Criteria
Agent Entry Readiness and Agent Containment and Confinement Controls SEP 2014 –
49 Criteria
ERB Provisional Operations SEP-2014 – 75 Criteria
APB Provisional Operations NOV 2014 – 32
Criteria
Contingency Training Readiness/Crew Certification JAN 2015
– 59 Criteria
Security/Surety (Soft-Lockdown) Readiness Review
FEB 2015 – 16 Criteria
BTA Provisional Operations NOV 2014 – 13
Criteria
Yard Provisional Operations JUL-2014 – 111 Criteria
Initial Agent Operations -
Readiness Declared JUL 2015 –
6 Criteria
ACWA Readiness
Endorsement SEP 2015
Training Facility Available for Practical Factors – Readiness Check JUN 2014 Forecast
Pre-Systemization Complete NOV 2013
Training Facility Available for TAT – Readiness Check JAN 2014
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11
13
12
Environmental Readiness FEB 2015 –
14 Criteria
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4. Scope of ORR for
Initial Agent Operations
 Criteria are defined in the Initial
Agent Operations ORR procedure
― Defines ORR criteria that reflect
project requirements
― Summarizes proposed Integrated
Operations Demonstrations (IODs)
― Include normal and off-normal
exercises to be performed
― Evaluation teams will observe
and critique each
demonstration
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# Functional Area
# of
criteria
1 Acquisitions 10
2 Emergency Preparedness 14
3 Engineering 26
4 Environmental 14
5 Government Interfaces 13
6 Human Resources 3
7 Information Systems & Technology 5
8 Laboratory 21
9 Maintenance 11
10 Medical 21
11 Office and Administrative Services 6
12 Operations 49
13 Operations Support 22
14 Pilot Test Preparedness 3
15 Plant Support (Treaty) 8
16 Project and Plant Management 15
17 Quality Assurance/Quality Control 7
18 Safety 38
19 Security 13
20 Start-up/ Systemization 50
21 Surety 7
22 Training 15
23 Work Control 15
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 Each of the four shifts will
perform IODs for readiness
validation.
 Upon successful completion of
IODs and closeout of required
findings, System Contractor will
declare readiness.

5. Criteria Review Resources Engaged
 Chris Midgett – Chair of Executive Board:
― Brings extensive experience in managing chem-demil work
― Liaison to ACWA and stakeholder executive functions
 Sierra Lobo, Inc. – Independent engineering resource
― Testing & evaluation expertise
― Clients include NASA & Department of Defense
 Blue Grass Subject Matter Experts (SMEs):
― Will use BGCAPP SMEs for independent review
― Bring an excellent understanding of standards & recent operating
experience
― ORR experience provides benefits to both projects
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6. IAO ORR Status
ORR work will be paced by Systemization work.
Data as of 22-May-2014
ORR Documents
Total
Required
Issued for
Completion
Board
Reviewed
Board Accepted
Affidavits 386 135 55 34
CRADS 386 15 0 0
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7. ORR Oversight
 Review ORR documents, attend Board meetings, and observe
demonstrations
 Provide immediate feedback on ORR issues, process, and
documentation
 Provide independent validation of 20% of ORR criteria in
accordance with their oversight procedure
 Coordinate stakeholder involvement in ORR process
 Lead a monthly meeting with representatives from the Blue
Grass project, Pueblo Chemical Depot, and stakeholders to
communicate ORR status, schedule, issues, and lessons learned
ACWA representatives also assess the System Contractor’s
readiness for initial agent operations:
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8. Questions?
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