IRP Mission and Goals

• Pursue remedial action strategies that are cost-effective while being fully protective of human health and the environment.
• Offer open and sustained input into remediation decisions for all stakeholders.
• Use partnerships and consensus building, rather than adversarial approaches, with regulatory agencies to define and execute cleanup requirements.
• Contain and clean up plumes that are above maximum contaminant levels or other risk-based levels; treat contaminants and clean up plumes to background levels if technically and economically feasible.

The IRP is committed to developing cleanup strategies that support Department of Defense (DoD) and Air Force policy to reduce relative risk, prevent future contamination, achieve compliance, develop partnerships, involve stakeholders, evaluate cost and performance, comply with legal agreements, and consider future land use.

The IRP strives to remediate community ground-water resources contaminated by MMR, complete the MMR cleanup program, protect human health and the environment from the hazards of past practices, maintain and strengthen community involvement through full and open disclosure and achieve community-based solutions, develop partnerships with regulatory agencies, and restore public trust and confidence in the DoD commitment and capacity to respond effectively to challenging contamination situations.