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The Air Force recognized that many of its cleanup actions were not performing as expected and developed guidance to optimize performance. The first was the Long-Term Monitoring Optimization Guide, released by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) in October 1997.
Optimization of treatment system equipment was addressed the following year by a joint Army, Navy, and Air Force effort that resulted in the Remedial Systems Evaluation (RSE) guidelines and optimization checklists (available from the Army Corps of Engineers1) The RSE approach looks at the performance and maintenance of individual pieces of remediation equipment (e.g., extraction well performance).
In 2000, The Air Force's Remedial Process Optimization (RPO) initiative took a broader view by addressing the performance of the selected remedial technologies. RPO considered whether the technology could be used more effectively or whether switching to a different technology was appropriate.
Optimization was further broadened in 2004 with the release of guidance for assessing the remedial action objectives (RAOs) asking "Are we headed toward the appropriate goal?" Performance-Based Management was formally rolled out as an Air Force initiative.
In 2007, the AFCEE Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Concept of Operation Document (AFCEE CONOPS) was released, the Remediation Performance Risk Management (RPRM) initiative was implemented and sustainable remediation emphasized. ERP-O encompasses all of the elements of PBM and the follow-on initiatives.
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