Presented By:
Steven Merritt
On-Scene Coordinator
U.S. EPA Region 8
Emergency Response Unit
303.312.6146
merritt.steven@epa.gov
On Behalf Of:
Chris Russell
Program Manager
R&D Branch
Chemical and Biological Division
202.254.5876
christopher.e.russell@dhs.gov

(Wide Area Restoration)
Goal : Working with interagency including state & local, reduce time and resources required to recover and restore wide urban areas, military installations, and other critical infrastructures following a biological incident
DOD (DTRA) & DHS (S&T) cosponsored program
Objectives:
• Study social, economic & operational interdependencies
• Establish civilian and military coordination
• Develop guidance and decision frameworks
• Identify & demonstrate technologies that support remediation operations
• Exercise activities & available technology solutions
Coordination & partnership with the Seattle, WA region

As defined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
(CRISIS MANAGEMENT)
Notification
Receive information on biological
Incident
Identification of suspect release sites
First Response
Initial threat assessment
HAZMAT and emergency actions
Forensic investigation
Public health actions
Screening sampling
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACTIVITIES
(CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT)
Characterization characterization of biological agent
Remediation/Cleanup
Decontamination
Decontamination strategy
Characterization of affected site
Remediation Action Plan
Clearance
Clearance environmental sampling and analysis
Site containment
Worker health and safety Clearance decision
Site preparation
Continue risk communication Source reduction Notification of appropriate agencies Waste disposal Determination of agent type, concentration, and viability
Characterization environmental sampling and analysis Decontamination of sites or items
Risk communication Initial risk assessment
Clearance goals
Decontamination verification
Restoration
(Recovery)
Renovation
Reoccupation decision
Long-term environmental and public health monitoring
IBRD Scope
3

The objective of the Interagency Biological Restoration Demonstration
(IBRD) Project is to provide guidance, procedures, and capabilities to restore large urban areas with co-located military facilities to operational status following the widespread release of a biological agent. The project consists of four separate efforts providing recovery and remediation methods and approaches from multiple levels.
 Task 1: Front-End Systems Engineering Study and Gap Analysis to establish a body of knowledge for national, state and local restoration capabilities
 Task 2: Wide-Area Restoration Framework Development of guidance to address civilian & military needs and capabilities for recovery and restoration actions
 Task 3: Recovery & Restoration Process methods, procedures, and technology development
 Task 4: Workshops, Exercises, and Demonstrations - Plan and conduct a series of workshops, exercises, and demonstrations coordinating military & civilian community interoperability and practical application of technology and concepts of operation

• DHS & DOD equally Planning, funding & managing
• Many levels of government participating (including private sector):
– Federal: DHS, DOD, EPA, DHHS, FEMA, US Coast Guard (District 13)
– State of Washington: Military Department & Homeland Security, Public
Health, Emergency Management, State-wide regulatory agencies
– Regional: Seattle Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), Ports of Seattle &
Tacoma
– Local: Snohomish County, King County, and Pierce County; Seattle/King
County Public Health; Pierce County Public Health, Seattle Police and Fire
Department, Bellevue Fire & Rescue
– Urban: City of Seattle, City of Bellevue
– Military Installations: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Madigan Army Medical
Center
– Private sector: Pacific North West Economic Region (PNWER), Building
Owner and Managers Association (BOMA)
Snohomish County

– Completed and report distributed
– Functional analysis conducted on identified gaps
– Results compared and aligned with other national efforts
– Prioritization strategy drafted
– Decision framework expanded to a tactical guide
– Biological Restoration Analysis Tool developed
– Sampling efficiencies and throughput
– Decontamination technologies evaluation
– Agent Fate studies (Btk, Seattle and NCR)
– Workshops/Symposiums (Anthrax, Media, Roles, & Community resiliency)
– Focus groups (Public Health, Information Officers, Fire/Police responders).

• IBRD becomes I-CBR-RD (DNDO will be integral to the R&D Team, we are already working on the C in R&D)
• Major Federal Players: DHS (FEMA, OHA, S&T, IP), DOE, HHS-CDC,
EPA and DoD
• State, Regional and Local Partners: TBD by Denver UASI
• Test and evaluate transportability of Consequence Management
Guidance, tools and solution sets
• Further explore the interdependencies between DoD, Public Health and the Socio-Economic areas
• Focus on Transition

Goal: Working with interagency partners; including state, regional & local, to reduce time and resources required to recover and restore wide urban areas, military installations, and other critical infrastructures following a CBR incident
Objectives:
• Enhance civilian, military and private industry coordination
• Develop/refine guidance and decision frameworks
• Identify & demonstrate technologies that support operations
• Exercise activities & available technology solutions
• Additional Denver UASI Objectives

• IBRD Capstone Exhibition in Seattle, Washington on
September 21-23, 2010
• Announcement made at IBRD Capstone about intent to take next phase of IBRD to Denver, Colorado
• On October 21, 2010, DHS Briefed Denver UASI on I-CBR-
RD Concept
• Denver UASI agreed to participate in I-CBR-RD
• DHS and Denver UASI planning I-CBR-RD Kickoff Meeting in
December 2010
• Expect project to commence in January 2011 and last between two and three years

Chris Russell
Program Manager
R&D Branch
Chemical and Biological Division
202.254.5876
christopher.e.russell@dhs.gov