DOE EH-31 DQO/DQA Training
Course Evaluations and Commendations
Evaluation from Wayne M. Glines
DOE RL RADCON Management
Richland, WA
March 21, 2002
Sebastian, Jim,
Mitzi, Al,
Let me once again congratulate
all of you on putting together and presenting an OUTSTANDING
course on the functions and implementation of the Data Quality Objectives
(DQO) process. The energy and sincerity you bring to this course give
it a vitality that raises it far above a mere presentation of data,
information, or process steps. You clearly show how the DQO process
can be used to significantly improve the efficiency and defensibility
of decisions and actions to remediate and release contaminated sites.
DOE has been repeatedly criticized
for its inability to establish and meet realistic goals for the clean-up
and closure of its contaminated sites. The estimated cost and schedule
for DOE to complete clean-up and closure of these contaminated sites
has continued to escalate. DOE recently completed a "top-to-bottom"
review of its Environmental Management (EM) Program. This review concluded
that one of the primary reasons DOE has been unable to establish and
meet realistic clean-up goals has been the lack of systematic planning.
The DQO process provides an established, systematic means by which DOE
can plan, implement, and document the clean-up and closure of its contaminated
sites. I believe that consistent application of the DQO process at Hanford,
and across the entire DOE complex, would provide a real opportunity
to achieve the cost and schedule reductions for which DOE is striving
in its EM mission.
Consistent application of
the DQO process will require that not only the project managers and
technical staff directly responsible for discrete projects, but also
the senior management responsible for strategic planning and prioritization
be aware and knowledgeable of how the DQO process can help achieve a
real acceleration of the EM mission. The course that you presented was
directed primarily towards project management and technical staff. I
would strongly encourage you to develop a companion course or presentation
directed towards senior management to show how the DQO process can significantly
help to achieve DOE EM's ultimate goals.
Other than expanding the
time allocated to the course in order to provide additional discussion
of specific examples of how to apply the DQO process (very difficult
to do in today's busy work environment), I have no specific comments
on course improvements or modifications. The course is essentially an
overview/introduction to the DQO process, and not a "how-to"
course. I would recommend that that distinction be made clear to course
attendees. A course on actually applying the DQO process to a given
project would take far more time than most individuals have available.
I certainly plan to strongly
advocate (require?) the use of the DQO process for any clean-up or closure
projects for which I have any responsibility. I look forward to continue
to communicate and learn from all of you as I progress through such
projects.
Wayne M. Glines, CHP
Sr. Technical RADCON Advisor
Program Manager, Rad. Site Services
DOE-RL/OSS
(509) 376-6506
wayne_m_glines@rl.gov
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