INTRODUCTIONEnvironmental Services Cooperative Agreement • April 23rd, 2008
Contract Type FiledApril 23rd, 2008In Spring 2005, the Army and the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (“FORA") entered into negotiations to execute an Army funded Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement (“ESCA”) leading to the Early Transfer (“ET”) of 3,500 acres of former Fort Ord property prior to regulatory environmental sign-off. In early 2007, the Army awarded FORA an ESCA Grant to perform munitions cleanup on the ESCA parcels and FORA also entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with US Environmental Protection Agency (“US EPA”) and California Department of Toxic Substance Control (“DTSC”), defining conditions under which FORA assumes responsibility for the Army remediation of the parcels. FORA then entered into a Remedial Services Agreement (“RSA”) with LFR, Inc. to provide Munitions and Explosives of Concern (“MEC”) remediation services and for both Pollution Legal Liability and Cost-Cap insurance policies for this remediation work. FORA will receive the property after US EPA approval and concurrence b