Audit Report: OAS-M-06-02

Management Controls over Assessing Natural Resource Damage at Rocky Flats

Office of Inspector General

November 25, 2005
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November 25, 2005

Management Controls over Assessing Natural Resource Damage at Rocky Flats

The Rocky Flats Project Office (Project Office) had not initiated, Damage Assessment and had no plans, at the time of our review, for conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats). It is Departmental policy to conduct such an assessment to identify residual injuries and the costs of any additional remedial actions. Furthermore, Departmental guidance recognizes that the early initiation of an NRDA can provide savings and efficiencies in performing the assessment.

  • The Rocky Flats Project Office (Project Office) had not initiated,
    Damage Assessment and had no plans, at the time of our review, for conducting a
    Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) at the Rocky Flats
    Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats). It is Departmental
    policy to conduct such an assessment to identify residual injuries
    and the costs of any additional remedial actions. Furthermore,
    Departmental guidance recognizes that the early initiation of an
    NRDA can provide savings and efficiencies in performing the
    assessment.