ASTM E2541-10

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Designation: E2541 − 10
Standard Guide for
Stakeholder-Focused, Consensus-Based Disaster
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Restoration Process for Contaminated Assets
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2541; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope the National Response Plan, mitigation and recovery activities
will need to be planned and initiated to address the significant
1.1 Toensureapubliclyacceptableandtimelyrestorationof
long-term impacts for any contaminated assets in the affected
an asset contaminated as a result of a natural or man-made
area.This guide provides a process that can be used by the JFO
disaster, including a terrorist event, it is essential to have a
togainstakeholderconsensusontherestorationoftheseassets.
pre-planned strategy developed and tailored at the community
level and facilitated by the government which advocates the
1.5 The user should consult other restoration-related
support and involvement of the affected community during
standards, regulations, and sources for specific methods in the
such a crisis period. This pre-planned strategy for restoration
utilization of predictive models or other analysis tools that may
will need to be seamlessly incorporated into the overall
be required under a restoration planning assessment.
emergency management process within the community. This
1.6 Although the implementation of a restoration planning
guide presents a framework (that is, strategy) for involving the
process is intended for use after a disaster occurs, it needs to be
public in a stakeholder-focused, consensus-based event resto-
an integral part of a community’s pre-event planning activities
ration process, for those situations where such involvement is
and incorporated into appropriate community response plans.
essential to move a stalled (due to stakeholder issues) restora-
Identifying the important assets of a community and key
tion process forward. This framework is designed to be an
stakeholders associated with each respective asset, before an
event-specific, community-specific process to help prioritize
event occurs through a process such as Community Asset
and consider actions necessary to optimize the restoration of an
Mapping, will help ensure a more efficient restoration process
asset contaminated as the result of a disaster.
following an actual contamination of the asset in a disastrous
1.2 This guide is intended to describe a highly flexible
event.
restoration planning process, and therefore does not specify or
1.7 Since restoration planning as proposed in this guide
recommend a specific course of action for this activity.
follows a plan established prior to the event, it is important to
1.3 This guide is intended to assist in the implementation of
coordinate asset restoration plans with event preplanning on
a restoration planning process allowing a holistic assessment
how to minimize damages to significant assets from uncertain,
and balancing of the impacts associated with human health,
low-probability, but potentially costly natural and man-made
ecology, socio-cultural values, and economic implications. It is
disasters. What will be required for asset restoration will be in
intended to be used in alignment with current Federal Emer-
part dependent on what measures have been taken to protect
gency Management Agency (FEMA) guidance and other
those same assets before the extreme event occurs. Guide
guides and agency procedures and requirements to address
E2506 provides a three-step protocol for formulating and
specific stakeholder issues and concerns.
evaluating risk mitigation strategies for constructed facilities.
Assets identified for risk mitigation in the application of Guide
1.4 After completing the immediate response and stabiliza-
E2506 prior to a disaster will likely be assets that the
tion phase of a disaster that required Federal assistance through
restoration stakeholders using this guide will want to consider
establishment of a Joint Field Office (JFO) in accordance with
restoring in the recovery phase following a disaster.
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1.8 This standard guide does not purport to address all of
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E54Homeland
Security Applications and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
E54.02Emergency Preparedness, Training, and Procedures.
responsibility of the user of this standard guide to establish
Current edition approved July 1, 2010. Published August 2010. Originally
appropriate safety and health practices and to determine the
approved in 2007. Last pr
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