STEM was recently awarded
a prestigious $17-million, 5-year contract to provide
chemical agent training services for the Department of
Homeland Security at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in
Anniston, AL. This 40-employee effort includes our
subcontractor Southern Research Institute. The Center for
Domestic Preparedness at Anniston is a permanent training
institute that provides preparedness training (against
chemical agent exposure and attacks in case of domestic
terrorism) to First Responders who come from all over the
U.S. for training. This contract recognizes STEM as a
leading chemical agent specialist and expert firm.
STEM
is currently executing a 10-year (2003-2012), $60-million
contract for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). STEM’s
activities under this program include:
|
| • |
Assisting
in the inspection and verification of Chemical Weapons Convention
(CWC) Treaty Implementation by working with Inspectors from
the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),
The Hague, Netherlands. |
| • |
Currently
supporting operations at U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization
facilities at Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility (TOCDF),
UT and Dugway Proving Ground, UT; Umatilla, OR; Anniston,
AL; Pine Bluff, AR; Newport, IN; and Aberdeen, MD. STEM has
successfully supported a previous effort under this program
for nearly three years at Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal
System (JACADS), and for one year at Hawthorne Army Depot,
NV. Future operations will include support at Pueblo, CO and
Lexington, KY. |
|
|
STEM
is currently executing a 5-year (2003-2008), $50-million contract
for the Monitoring Branch of the Edgewood Chemical Biological
Center (ECBC), U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering
Command (RDECOM), formerly U.S. Army Soldier and Biological
Chemical Command (SBCCOM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground-Edgewood
Area, Maryland. The broad range of activities covered by this
contract include monitoring and analyzing chemical agents
in various environmental media at fixed and mobile laboratories
and monitoring support during remediation at Formerly Used
Defense Sites (FUDS) and Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities.
STEM’s
technical support includes assistance with various Gas Chromatograph
(GC)-based systems, operation of the Real Time Analytical
Platform (RTAP), Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform
(MEAP), and Miniature Continuous Air Monitoring System (MINICAMS).
Other support activities, centered on chemical agents and
chemical weapons storage and demilitarization sites include:
|
| • |
Conducting
literature searches and survey technologies |
| • |
Preparing
test plans and design quality compliance tests |
| • |
Preparing
technical reports and evaluation reports |
| • |
Calibrating
and maintaining measuring and test equipment |
| • |
Inspecting
facilities for health, safety, and surety risks |
| • |
Identifying
methods for reducing environmental risks |
| • |
Compiling
NEPA documentation and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) |
| • |
Organizing
meetings, conferences, demonstrations, and symposia |
| • |
Formulating
databases, maintaining inventories, and managing chemical
operations |
|
STEM
executed a highly challenging program for EG&G Defense
Materials, Inc. (EG&G) at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD),
UT. EG&G tasked STEM to perform testing to quantify the
extent of fill levels and sludge and/or solidified residue
(heel levels) within the ton containers using non-intrusive
(nondestructive) techniques. STEM performed testing of 6,397
HD filled ton containers stored in 51 igloos—the entire
mustard (HD) bulk stockpile stored at DCD in preparation for
demilitarization at the Tooele Chemical Destruction Facility
(TOCDF).
Under
an ongoing contract from EG&G, STEM personnel escort visitors
in the Exclusion Zone and assume responsibility for the safety
of visitors inside all DCD facilities. |
|
Under
a direct contract from the U.S. Air Force, STEM is currently
executing a contract to improvise grounding systems for sensitive
weapons storage facilities at Nellis Air Force Base, NV. The
work will create a facility grounding system similar to a
faraday cage as identified by the AAC/NWS and Air Force Safety
Center. This project requires personnel with special engineering
skills in installing and improvising lightning protection
systems. |
|
From
2000 to 2004, STEM provided support to the U.S. Army Chemical
Agent Munitions Disposal System (USACAMDS) at Deseret Chemical
Depot, UT on a 5-year contract (2000-2005). Support services
included: |
| • |
Environmental
Compliance
- Providing
regulatory and permit guidance
- Maintaining
expertise and knowledge of plant systems, and supporting
environmental missions
|
| • |
Data
Engineering and Statistical Support
- Data
collection, data processing, statistical control
-
Designing experiments and analyzing test and operational
data
|
| • |
Computer
Support
- Supporting
Program Management and systems analysis tasks, computer
programming, network support
|
| • |
Safety
Engineering
- Developing
and reviewing hazard analysis
-
Performing safety reviews, risk analysis, trend and root
cause analysis
- Evaluating
process engineering and incorporating risk mitigating provisions
|
| • |
Technical
Reporting and Documentation
- Developing
test plans and reports
- Summarizing
raw test data, evaluating and analyzing
- Providing
engineering and statistical inputs and controls
|
|
Under
a direct contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, AL, STEM is providing program technical
support to the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), Aberdeen
Proving Ground-Edgewood Area, Maryland. STEM’s senior
environmental scientists are providing program technical assistance
to the Range and Munitions Division and the Environmental
Restoration Division of USAEC. STEM’s support includes
preparation and review of policy and guidance documentation,
research, and update information on restoration topics/issues/initiatives,
preparation and coordination reviews by various Department
of the Army staff elements. As part of this process, Army
regulations and DoD regulations are thoroughly researched,
and USAEC policy and guidance documentation is updated. |
|
Under
another direct contract from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District, AL, STEM is providing
administrative and office automation support to the U.S. Army
Environmental Center (USAEC) at the Aberdeen Proving Ground-Edgewood
Area, Maryland. STEM provides administrative, clerical, and
automation technical support to facilitate the activities
of various divisions within USAEC. |
