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The Munitions Response and Operational Range Sustainability Conference is a new conference series being developed and organized by Battelle. The aim of the Conference is to promote the exchange of leading-edge technical information that supports (a) improving and enhancing cleanup processes and techniques used at former munitions sites and (b) practicing the environmental stewardship necessary to sustain the military’s ability to conduct realistic air, land, and sea training into the foreseeable future. Conference participants will be remedial project managers, range managers, regulators, researchers in private industry and universities, and other stakeholders concerned with converting munitions sites to other uses or with maintaining the effectiveness of active sites.
The 2010 CONFERENCE
The Conference will be held July 19–22, 2010, at the Peppermill Resort•Spa•Casino in Reno, Nevada. The theme is “Raising the Bar,” and the chairs will be Les Clarke and Jim Abbott, of Battelle. General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.) will give the keynote address “Challenges to the Engineering Profession,” in which he will discuss the need for the U.S. to develop a strategic vision for modernizing the nation’s infrastructure.
As details become available on abstract submittal date, exhibits, short courses, and hotel accommodations, additional information will be posted at this site. The Call for Abstracts will be available in summer 2009. For information on opportunities to become a sponsor of the Conference or to be added to the mailing list for the Call for Abstracts or the Call for Exhibits, please contact The Conference Group, Inc., at 800-738-6338 (USA/Canada) or 614-488-2030, or info@confgroupinc.com.
SCOPE
The scope of the Conference aligns with two programs of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) was established to manage the environmental, health and safety, and operational issues presented by unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military munitions (DMM), and munitions constituents (MC). The MMRP reflects the statutory program goals, enhances understanding of the nature of munitions response sites, and manages response activities more effectively. The Sustainable Range Management initiative is intended to ensure that operational ranges can be maintained at high levels of readiness to support testing and evaluation of weapon systems and training of armed forces personnel while protecting human health and the environment.
Some of the topics expected to be covered by the technical program are listed below. Platform talks and poster presentations will be selected from abstracts in response to the Call for Abstracts.
Munitions Response
Advances in detection, processing and discrimination
Wide area assessment for site investigations and footprint reduction
UXO removal and disposal techniques
Detection and remediation of munitions underwater or in tidal areas
Effective source zone assessment for munitions con¬stituents
Privatization of DoD cleanup sites
Regulatory issues associated with the MMRP
Safety and quality assurance
Communicating risk to the public
Application of novel approaches for managing MMRP sites
Operational Range Sustainability
Operational range clearance
MPPEH management
Operational range condition assessments
Munitions constituents and their impacts on training lands
Encroachment issues and their impacts on range sustainability
Application of business processes to range sustainability
Unique environmental support requirements on operational ranges
Compatible development along the borders of an operational range
Sustainable range assessments
Range transformation and modernization
Inquiries
For information on opportunities to become a corporate sponsor of the Conference or to ask to be added to the mailing list for the Call for Abstracts and/or the Call for Exhibits, please contact: The Conference Group (1580 Fishinger Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221; tel: 800-783-6338 or 614-488-2030; fax: 614-488-5747; e-mail: info@confgroupinc.com).