2Day!Thursday, August 22, 2013

U M C D F

KEEPING THE COMMITMENT

There were no safety orenvironmental issues

reported since Monday.Thank you for workingsafely and compliantly.

SAFETY /ENVIRONMENTAL

RECORD

Today’s Safety Thought

Children will be returningto school soon, whichmeans motorists need topay close attention tocrosswalks and bus load-ing and unloading areas.Remember that on two-lane roads with no barrierbetween lanes, cars inboth directions must stopuntil school buses aredone loading or unload-ing. Pay strict attention toschool zone speed limits.The 20 mph zones are in-tended to give driversmore time to react if chil-dren dart into the road.Studies have shown thatthe chance of a fatal acci-dent when cars are travel-ing 20 mph is only 10 per-cent, compared to 50 per-cent when traveling 30mph and 90 percent at 40mph.

SAFETY STATSFirst Aid Injuries

Days since last case: 243 Number of cases this month: 0Date of last case: Dec. 21, 2012 Number of cases this year: 0

Recordable InjuriesDays since last case: 98 Number of cases this month: 0

Date of last case: May 15, 2013 Number of cases this year: 2Lost Work Day Injuries

Days since last case: 2,602 Date of last case: July 7, 2006

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE TRACKERNoncompliances

Days since last one issued: 105 Number issued this month: 0Date of last one issued: May 8, 2013 Number issued this year: 4

Notices of Violation (NOVs)Days since last NOV issued: 398 Date of last NOV: July 23, 2012

More demolition photosToday’s 2Day contains two

bonus pages of photosSee pages 5 & 6

Trucks are rollingThe first truck to haul demol it ion debris toArl ington rounds the southeast corner of theplant perimiter road Wednesday on the way tofill up with PAS waste. Two loads went outWednesday, but truck traffic will stead ily in-crease until about 30 trucks are ferrying debristo the landfill. Take care when driving to andfrom the site, and pedestrians are reminded toavoid the area east of the ASB and PEC.

Take safetyseriously. How

funny isan injury?

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Questions touch on PCAPP, VIT plant and bonusesQ. Is PCAPP on track with their

schedule?A. In the early spring of this year,

PCAPP still showed a January 2015 startof the main chemical weapons demil linewith the goal of completing Operationsby the end of December 2017. However,the project was facing challenges withhaving to replace floor coatings in anumber of locations, which would im-pact the ability to work systemizationtasks in those areas.

Additionally, the project was out ofMilCon funding for five months, whichprevented them from finishing up con-struction punch list items, including thecoatings. During the spring facility per-sonnel were also looking at impacts of re-vised throughput rates on the OperationsPhase schedule.

PCAPP is currently projecting a startof the main chemical weapons demil linein September of 2015, and has a revisedOperations schedule (approved by theACWA Field Office) that shows End ofAgent Operations in July of 2019. –Julia Hamrick

Q. How long does it take to get themilestone change form approved?

A. If a milestone change can be ap-

proved, it will typically occur within afew days, and can be done within a fewhours. However, keep in mind that asstaffing numbers reduce, it becomesharder and harder to approve milestonechanges. – Julia Hamrick

Q . What date is the bonus payoutfor Closure Complete and RCRA com-plete?

A. The bonuses are tied to theClosure complete milestone. If we arethe last of the three sites to close, and ex-pected, and we hold to our currentClosure Complete date of December2014, then both the second operationsphase incentive and the closure incentiveshould be paid out in the first quarter of2015. – Frank Baghetti

Q. How many people are on sitenow?

A. As of Aug. 20, 2013, there were162 WDC employees and 4 SwRI em-ployees. – Larry Dow

Q. How long will CAPECO have of-fice hours at the E-38 gate?

A. At this point they are planning toremain through the end of demolitionmilestone. Then we will assess their bud-get, and/or wait for WDC to ask themto move. They remain dedicated to as-sisting project employees accessDisplaced Worker benefits. – Larry Dow

Q. What is the schedule for theHanford VIT plant?

A. Contacts at the Waste TreatmentPlant have indicated they will do somehiring in 2014 but probably fewer than20 positions, plus some additional hiresin Engineering and nuclear safety.

Articles in the Tri-City Herald showthe continued legislative push from theWashington senators and representativefor a clearer schedule resolution, but itappears from these articles that the DOEis still working through the technical andsafety issues that slowed construction ac-tivities in 2012.

The WTP HR group continues to in-dicate they will be looking to our projectfor potential staffing when they get thegreen light to move forward. – LarryDow

All-hands questions are answered by the appropriate manager for 2Day publication

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your UMCDF compatriotsthrough these two recurring fea-tures:

Why I work safely? – Providethe 2day! with a family photo ofyour spouse, children, grandchil-dren or even a beloved pet. We’llrun it in the 2day! and explainthat the pictured treasures arepart of your incentive for workingsafely every day at UMCDF.

Something to crow about –Provide the 2day! with informa-tion, and a photo if you’d like,about a family accomplishment.It could range from a weddinganniversary to the graduation ofa child or grandchild, or specialrecognition such as selection to asports or academic all-star team.

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• Team hosted a site visit byDon Barclay (CMA) onWednesday.

• Northwest Demolition con-tinued mass demolition onthe west/south side of MDB,the south end/east side ofthe PAS, and PFS coolers.

• Trucks started onWednesday hauling demoli-tion debris to Arlington,Oregon.

• H&S surveyed post-demoli-tion sampling sites AirDispersion Area outside theCLA.

• Workers continued clean-ing the truck shop andmoving materials out ofWarehouse 201.

• URS Team continued clean-ing the plant area and dis-positioning of property andrecords.

Plant StatusRecap

Anniston: Completed HVAChot water final walk-down.Continued preparation forshipment of EDG-101 and -102. Continued work separat-ing CHB and MDB utilities.Continued soil sampling.Continued removing theInstrument Air System.Continued removing refriger-ant from air conditioningunits.

Tooele: The day crew removedUMT equipment from LBSA.They also prepared for theMPB UMT. Engineering per-formed a walk-down for DFSexhaust duct headspacemonitoring and for inspect-ing core drilling locations inthe MDB. Night crew re-moved more equipmentfrom the LBSA and preparedfor DFS duct monitoring.Workers cleaned the ceilingin LBSA between lifts and re-moved cribbing/chain falls atlift gates. Workers beganerecting scaffolding to accessthe exhaust duct plenum formonitoring.

Across the Sites

Demolition draws VIPsABOVE, Col. John Lemondes, theArmy’s Project Manager forChemical Stockpile El imination,talks with Jeff James (in red hardhat), Project Manager forNorthwest Demol it ion, during atour of the site Tuesday after-noon. In the background (pinksweater) is Joni Hammond,Deputy Director of the OregonDepartment of EnvironmentalQual ity (DEQ). RIGHT, FormerUMCDF Site Project Manger DonBarclay, now d irector of the ArmyChemical Materials Activity(CMA), gazes at demol it ion workon the west side of the MDB onWednesday, along with UMCDFEnvironmental Manger PatMohondro.

Congratulationsto KatherineCrater of

Project Controls, whowas nominated andselected for a Rewardand RecognitionAward.

The Project Management

Team would like to thankher for taking on the re-sponsibilities of training tofill in for the ProjectControls Manager whilekeeping up with her otherduties. This is the behavior

and attitude that is desired inUMCDF employees.

Katherine Crater earns R&R Award

If you would like to recognize someoneon site, submit a nomination for aReward and Recognition award. SeeUM-HR-213 for details.

For Your Information and Entertainment

Useless Fact of the DayIn the 2012 Busan Open

Challenge, Samuel Grothof Australia hit the

fastest tennis serve onrecord at 163.4 mph. His

highest Association ofTennis Professionals

ranking is No. 189 in theworld. (The ATP does not rec-

ognize servicespeed records

due to thevariance in radar

guns.)

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TODAY1762 Ann Franklin became the first female editor of an American newspaper, the

"Newport Mercury" (in Rhode Island).

1851 U.S.-built schooner America beat a fleet of Britain's finest ships in a race around

England's Isle of Wight, in the first America's Cup.

1864 The International Red Cross was founded by Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri

Dunant.

1902 President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to ride in an auto-

mobile, in Hartford, Connecticut.

1906 The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New

Jersey began to manufacture the Victrola (record player).

1920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer, was born.

1945 The Vietnam Conflict began when a team of Free French

parachuted into southern Indochina in response to a suc-

cessful coup by Communist guerrilla Ho Chi Minh.

FRIDAY1902 Fanny Farmer, among the first to emphasize the relationship of diet to health,

opened her School of Cookery in Boston.

1912 Gene Kelly, American dancer, choreographer,

actor, was born. (Shown “Singing in the Rain.”)

1946 Keith Moon, English singer and drummer for the rock

band The Who, was born.

1950 Up to 77,000 members of the U.S. Army Organized

Reserve Corps were called involuntarily to active

duty to fight the Korean War.

1978 Kobe Bryant, American basketball player, was born.

1979 Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in

New York.

SATURDAY79 Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in

volcanic ash and killing an estimated 20,000.

1814 British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to the Capitol and the White

House.

1891 Thomas Edison filed a patent for the motion picture camera.

1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the United

States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in just over 19 hours.

1989 Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Cincinnati Reds manager

Pete Rose from the game for gambling.

2Day’s notable events/birthdays

Hermiston’s 4-dayHermiston’s 4-dayWeather ForecastWeather Forecast

TodayIsolated showers and thun-derstorms after 11am. Partlysunny. Calm wind becomingnorthwest around 5 mph.92°FScattered showers and thun-derstorms. Mostly cloudy.West wind 6 to 15 mp.Sunset - 7:51.63°FTomorrowchance of showers and thun-derstorms before 11am.Mostly sunny. West wind 11to 17 mph. Sunrise - 6:09.88°FPartly cloudy. Southwestwind 7 to 16 mph, with gustsas high as 25 mph.Sunset - 7:49.62°FSaturday

Mostly sunny. West windaround 6 mph. Sunrise - 6:10.

86°FA slight chance of showersand thunderstorms. Partlycloudy. Sunset -7:47. 59°FSunday

A slight chance of showersand thunderstorms. Mostlysunny. Sunrise - 6:11.87°Fslight chance of showers andthunderstorms. Partly cloudy.Sunset -7:46. 57°F

The following recognitions were madein this week’s Plant Status meetings:

Jerry Beagle for his helpsending large informationfiles to corporate back East- from Shannon Kinnunen.

Laurie Holden, Trisha Glass,Michelle Moffett andMargaret Dreger forpulling large amounts of in-formation together to sup-port procedure changes -from Rich Stone.

Mike Pinto and GlennAdams for quickly re-sponding to a fire alarmand verifying there was noemergency - from DaveStewart.

Eric Miller for all his supportto the project and the em-ployee-led teams (this is islast day on site) - from JuliaHamrick and Mike Daniels.

The Safety Department forproviding a large amountof information on short no-tice to support a visit fromCMA headquarters, andRon Fitzgerald for his workto improve the building in-spection program on site -from Patty O’Bleness.

Everyone who supportedthis week’s visits by Col.Lemondes, Don Barclay andDEQ - from Gary Anderson.

Exemplary PerformanceExemplary PerformanceRecognitionRecognition

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Louis Paeschke, whoworked at UMCDF formore than 15 years,

died Aug. 11 at his home inHermiston at the age of 45.

He was born Jan. 12,1968, in Eugene, Ore., toJanet (Pitts) and IvanPaeschke. Lou was raised inJunction City, a few milesnorth of Eugene.

He worked at UMCDFfrom September 1997 toFebruary 2013 in variousroles in the Finance andAccounting Department.

He was preceded in deathby his father in 2006. Louis is

survived byhis mother,his sisterKaren (andBill) Stroda,and severalnephews,nieces and great nieces andnephews.

Graveside services will beheld on Saturday, Aug. 24, at2 p.m. at Rest Lawn Memor-ial Park in Junction City.Arrangements are being han-dled by Murphy-MusgroveFuneral Home. You can ac-cess the obituary and sign theguestbook at musgroves.com

Longtime UMCDF employee dies at home

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Much accomplished in first week of demolition

All nine HVAC filters have been removed, above, and all six PFS filters are gone aswell - the Tuesday photo at right shows them coming down.

The hole on the west side of the MDB has grown each day. Bottom right, a NWDemol it ion worker sprays an excavator head to keep dust under control.

Bottom below, the first truck to carry debris to Arl ington pauses on the scales.

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Above, First the Control Roomwalls were gone; the next day theentire CON was rubble.

Right, work on the south end of thePAS is progressing quickly.

Below, It’s nothing short of bizarreto see corridors and entryways -still with warnming signs - thatnever saw the l ight of day duringoperations now exposed.