What type of regulatory coordination is needed to implement a PBC?
Regulatory coordination is vital to successful PBC implementation. Federal and state regulators are invited to participate in the initial candidate evaluation meetings, help prepare performance measures, and provide comments on the draft PBC Performance Work Statement. After contract award, contractors, in coordination with the installation Environmental Coordinator, are required to keep regulators involved in the entire PBC process, consistent with federal, state, or local regulations, legal agreements, or as requested by the Army or regulators. This involvement may include: Providing copies of progress reports to regulators; Providing draft copies of documents to regulators for comments; Providing final copies of documents to regulators; Obtaining regulatory concurrence of remedial goals (e.g., cleanup levels); and Obtaining appropriate regulatory concurrence of all remedial activities prior to implementation. Obtaining regulatory concurrence that remedies have reached RIP/RC. While
