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This pamphlet is a companion document to A Guide for Preparing and Reviewing Remedial Action Reports developed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The primary difference between these two documents is the cost reporting format. Both documents incorporate selected guidance from the Guide to Documenting and Managing Cost and Performance Information for Remediation Projects (EPA 542-B-98-007, October 1998). This guide does not address construction completion, site completion, or site deletion from the National Priorities List (NPL). For information on these issues refer to Close Out Procedures for National Priorities List Sites (EPA 540-R-98-016, January 2000). Although much of this guide is written from the perspective of a Superfund site listed on the NPL, the presented concepts could also be applied to non-NPL sites or other cleanup programs.

Purpose. a. This pamphlet defines the procedures for formally documenting and reporting cost and performance information from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) environmental restoration projects and provides guidance to the project team for scoping the types of data to collect and how they are presented. Customers must have complete, accurate, and timely information for proper operation and maintenance, as a baseline for system modifications and optimization, and to document information that may be used in conjunction with a long-term response action or recurring review. This information will also address information to plan and tailor their site completion and individual operable units (OUs) for site closeout.

Applicability. This pamphlet applies to all USACE commands having investigation, design, and remedial action responsibility for environmental restoration projects within the military, civil works, or support for others programs.