scope:

Purpose.

To set forth policy on the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program's implementation of the Naval Installation Restoration Information Solution (NIRIS) .

NIRIS encompasses the system and processes related to the ER program's management and utilization of its environmental site data and documents. NIRIS shall be used by all NAVFAC components to ensure that ER data and documents for navy and Marine Corps installations are maintained and accessible over the Lifecycle of the ER program. NIRIS provides the ER program with a standardizes toolset, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other related web-based tools to help program staff and contractors effectively analyze, visualize and present analytical and spatial data. NIRIS is essential to the ER program's effective management of environmental site data and documents, and provides the critical tools to support decision making and collaboration with regulators, the public, and other stakeholders.