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Natural Infrastructure Capabilities (NIC) Work Group

Natural Infrastructure Capabilities (NIC) Work Group Briefing for the Joint Service Environmental Management Conference 13 April 2005. Outline. Background Natural Infrastructure Capability Assessment Natural Infrastructure Valuation Pilot Tests Next Steps. The NIC Initiative.

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Natural Infrastructure Capabilities (NIC) Work Group

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  1. Natural Infrastructure Capabilities (NIC) Work Group Briefing for the Joint Service Environmental Management Conference 13 April 2005

  2. Outline • Background • Natural Infrastructure Capability Assessment • Natural Infrastructure Valuation • Pilot Tests • Next Steps

  3. The NIC Initiative • Created by the Installations Capabilities Council in Sep 04 • Tasked with analyzing the AF Natural Infrastructure Management and Encroachment Prevention concept for DoD-wide use • ICC wanted results within 5 months (~ Feb 05) • Comprised of mainly Environmental reps from OSD and Components, both Secretariat and HQs • Meet every Monday – on a fast track!

  4. Natural Infrastructure Cube

  5. NIC Assessment • Airspace • Surface Land Access • Air Shed Emissions Availability • Water Supply • Water Discharge Availability • Seaspace Access Quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure the capacity and capability of air, land and water components to meet operational requirements

  6. Joint Service Environmental Management Conference WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?

  7. Joint Service Environmental Management Conference Land Use Constraint Areas – Wetlands, CERCLA/RCRA Sites, ESQD Arcs, etc. WHAT DATA IS NEEDED? Accident Potential Zones and Noise Contours

  8. NIC Assessment Process 1. Determine Operational Requirements • 4. Compare resource requirements with resource availability for each resource category: • Airspace • Airshed Emissions Availability • Surface Land Access • Water Supply • Surface Water Areas • Water Discharge Availability • Sea Space Access 2. Determine Corresponding Resource Requirements 3. Determine Resource Availability Logs & Annual Reports Geospatial Data Studies and Planning Documents Emerging and Legacy Data Systems Required/Available x 100 = % Or Allotted/Available x 100 = % Permits Resource

  9. Natural Infrastructure Valuation • Forests • Shrubland • Grassland • Farmland • Wetland • Open Fresh and Marine Water • Mineral Bearing Strata • Air shed Emissions Availability • Water Supply • Wastewater Discharge Availability Values provided by natural infrastructure assets

  10. Natural Infrastructure Valuation Process Resource Characteristics: Acreage or other amount, location, condition, other attributes (e.g., airspace, sea space, maneuver area) Step1: Inventory and characterize the assets present Goods: Water, Minerals, Crops, Timber, Fish/Game, Grazing, Habitat, Training Step 2: Determine the goods represented by the assets Step 3:Gather relevant data on value of goods Appraise: Comparable Sales, Income Stream, Replacement Cost Training Value Step 4: Appraise value. Enter the value estimates into a framework that allows aggregation of all factors Asset Value (military, community/ecological, market) Total Natural Infrastructure Asset Value Facilitate Informed Decision Making

  11. Initial Air Force RCM Applications • Base Closure Executive Group (BCEG) • Supported AF beddown scenario development drills • Barksdale AFB • Used RCM information to increase base share of oil/gas/timber rights • Seymour Johnson AFB • Used RCM to work MTR encroachment • Cannon AFB • Used RCM to define aquifer availability • Beale/Shaw AFBs • Used RCM to address receiving water body issues

  12. DoD Natural Infrastructure Capability Vision DoD Installations And Ranges Are Available When And Where Needed, With The Capabilities And Capacities Necessary To Support The Current And Future Warfighter Mission Statement Provide, Manage, And Sustain, In An Environmentally Sound And Legally Compliant Manner, Natural Infrastructure At Installations And Ranges To Support Joint And Service-Specific Readiness And Operations

  13. Lessons Learned (so far) • ARMY • Surface land measures being revised to better capture and portray range and training capabilities and limitations • NAVY • Revising surface and sea space measures to account for variety of operational areas/needs at Navy ranges and operational areas • AIR FORCE • Revising off-site compatibility measures by attempting to establish degrees of compatibility instead of ‘yes/no’ • ALL • Updating frequency spectrum measures to better capture the data to assess encroachment issue

  14. Next Steps • Pilots • Finalize AF, Army, and Navy pilots • Conduct USMC, DLA, Joint-Service, and Overseas Pilots • Evaluate pilot results • Develop a consistent NIC framework, including • Common measures, definitions, assumptions • Develop methodology for aggregating results to support decision making • Assess financial constructs to support sound investment strategies • Develop implementation policy and procedures • Coordinate with DoD Sustainable Ranges IPT, led by ODUSD(R)

  15. Questions?

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