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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVFAC Southeast P.O. Box 30 NAS Jacksonville, FL 32212-0030 FY 2019 REGIONAL ADVANCED HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING I. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION: A. LOCATION: Naval Air Station Jackson... DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVFAC Southeast P.O. Box 30 NAS Jacksonville, FL 32212-0030 FY 2019 REGIONAL ADVANCED HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING I. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION: A. LOCATION: Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL B. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: This project shall provide on-site advanced Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) training for up to 75 personnel involved in hazardous waste handling and management at Naval facilities. The training shall focus on regulatory compliance, with a particular emphasis on training, documentation, and waste stream determination requirements, and Navy policy. The training shall also reference safety, packaging, labeling, handling, transportation, and turn-in procedures. C. QUALIFICATIONS: The training shall be delivered by a qualified environmental engineer or environmental scientist with a minimum of 15 years of specialized RCRA training/instruction experience and recent experience delivered to a DoD client with in the past 5 years. D. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS: The proposal shall include a narrative, documenting the instructor’s experience and qualifications, a discussion of the proposed approach to developing or procuring class reference materials; and a description of the technical approach and assumptions to be used in preparation and delivery of the training. All proposed subcontractors shall be identified, and a summary of their qualifications shall be included. Proposed costs should be broken out by labor, travel, subcontractors, and other direct costs for each task. II. REFERENCES: A. The Contractor shall use the following guidance documents: 1. OPNAV M-5090.1 (10 Jan 14) 2. 40 CFR 260-279 III. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Contractor shall develop training content and adequately prepare to deliver a professional state-of- the industry hazardous waste training, specific to the needs of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) and Navy installations in the southeast. The Contractor shall provide a 3-day (24-hour) training course in a classroom setting taught by an environmental engineer or environmental scientist with extensive specialized RCRA training/instruction experience. The training shall address the regulatory requirements found in 40 CFR 260-279. The course shall be taught in a manner that is clear, understandable, and hands-on. The schedule for the training is June 18-20, 2019 but may be rescheduled to another mutually agreed date to meet Navy requirements; however, in any case, the training shall be completed prior to the end of September 2019. The Navy shall provide the training classroom, tables, and chairs at a venue on-board NAS Jacksonville, FL. The Contractor shall make arrangements to provide the required audio-visual presentation equipment including projectors, screens, microphones and speakers. Instruction shall be provided from 0730 to 1600 each day. Course materials shall include one high-quality perfect-bound paper reference book of the current federal hazardous waste regulations (40 CFR Parts 148, 260-271, and 273-280); one class notebook with agenda, topics, examples and exercises; and one high-quality perfect-bound paper companion book that provides easy to understand analysis, interpretation, and suggestions for compliance with common, contentious, and frequently misunderstood regulations for each attendee. The companion book should include in-depth discussion of: Point of Generation and Waste stream determination Rules for Management of HW, with a focus on LQG and SQG Generator Issues, RCRA Issues related to reuse, recovery, and recycling Land Disposal Restrictions Disposal of wastes in sanitary drains leading to publicly-owned treatment works Regulations pertaining to permitted HW container storage facilities. Container Requirements Universal Wastes Used Oil What constitutes Treatment (what can be done without a permit) Preparing for Inspections, avoiding NOVs and mitigating Enforcement Actions The training shall involve practical applications of RCRA and be tailored to Southeast states (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas). The course shall include Navy examples, including examples used in previous RCRA training classes. This course shall also include a Waste Stream Determination Form example with a waste stream provided by the Navy. The training topics shall include those listed below and shall address Navy applications where possible: • Hazardous Waste Contingency Planning • Recent significant rule changes; Update on future rulemakings • Major State rules • Waste identification • Mixture and derived-from rules • Exemptions and exclusions • 90/180-day and SAA • Container standards • Treatment considerations • Universal waste regulations • Problem wastes (electronic wastes, aerosols, rags, batteries) • Contained-in policy • Used oil management • Common enforcement violations • Case studies (typical Navy facility situations) • Pharmaceutical Waste • LDR/point-of-generation issues • Universal treatment standards • Underlying hazardous constituents • Rules for applying characteristic codes to listed wastes • Alternative treatment standards for contaminated soil • Managing hazardous debris • Dilution rules • Recycling exemptions • Air emission control, Subparts AA, BB, and CC • De-painting blast media • Vehicle paint/maintenance waste • Range residues (indoor and outdoor small arms, skeet, and bombing ranges) The Contractor shall provide a draft agenda for Navy review prior to the course start date. The Contractor shall address Navy comments and incorporate into a final training agenda. The Contractor shall ensure the training schedule allows for short breaks of ~10 minutes on an approximately hourly basis. The Contractor shall provide training course material that provides analysis and interpretation of the regulations for each attendee. The Navy will be responsible for announcing the course to Navy Region Southeast and registering attendees. The Navy will provide the attendance list to the Contractor approximately two weeks prior to the course start date. The Contractor shall provide course completion certificates to all attendees after course completion. The Contractor shall provide audio-visual equipment required for the instructor. If the Contractor utilizes subcontracted instructors, the Contractor shall provide on-site oversight, and training facilitation and support.   All other requirements of this task are identical to Task 2, with the exception of the venue. At the discretion of the Navy, the training may take place on-board NAS Pensacola, FL. The contractor should provide proposed costs for both Task 2 and Task 3. The Navy will determine which location is selected prior to awarding a contract.