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Headquarters U.S. Air Force

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Natural Infrastructure Management Part II: Implementation

Lt Col Jeff CornellOffice of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary US Air Force

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“The Infrastructures”

Definition of Infrastructure: An Integrated System, Holistically Managed, Supporting the Combat Mission

Examples of Infrastructure: Workforce Force Protection / Security Built Logisitical Communications / Information Systems Natural

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Infrastructure Management

InventoryConditionValuePlanning

SustainRestoreModernize

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What Does “Natural Infrastructure” Really Mean?

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Visualizing the Natural Infrastructure

COMPONENTS• Airspace• Air Shed Emissions Availability• AICUZ (Noise Bands)• Groundwater Access• Groundwater

Discharge Availability• Surface Land Access• Surface Water

Access & Discharge Availability

• Subsurface Land Access

• Spectrum

COMPETITION• Civil Aviation• Commercial Communication• Noise Ordinances• Protected Habitat• Comm. / Res. Development• Population Growth• Tradable Emissions

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Characterizing the “Natural Infrastructure”

Resource Air Water Land

Operational Attribute*

•Airshed (emission carrying capacity•Airspace•Airwaves (spectrum)

•Watershed (Supply, Quality, Discharge capacity)•Ecology

•Area•Ecology•Discharge Capacity

Asset**

•Emissions permit•Special Use Airspace•Frequency Allocations

•Water rights•Discharge Permit•Recharge capacity•Wetlands/Species

•Cantonement / Support Services•Buffer Zone•Training Areas•Material disposal capacity•Species Habitat

* - Analyze with Resource Capacity Model (RCM)

** - Analyze with Resource Valuation Model (RVM)

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What We’re Changing

Focusing Management on the Entire Natural Infrastructure

Setting Goals to Prevent Encroachment Based On: Combat Capability Support Performance! (not process…)

Managing the Natural Infrastructure as a Group of Assets (not liabilities…)

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Competition for the Natural Infrastructure

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DoD Ranges, Airspace, and AF Bases

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Population, Airspace, DoD Ranges

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Federal Lands (including DoD lands)

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Population, Airspace,Federal Lands

Produced by the HQ AF Ranges and Airspace GIS Project

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Definitions

SUSTAINMENT:

Keeping pace with what you need

ENCROACHMENT:

Loss of access to, or degradation of the capability of natural infrastructure to support operations

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Measuring the Impact – the RCM Model

Resource Capability Model (RCM) developed to measure resource adequacy, including resource deficiency and opportunity

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RCM Methodology Overview

Determine CorrespondingResource

Requirements

Determine OperationalRequirements

Other

EmergingSystems

LegacySystems

Studies and

Planning Document

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Determine ResourceAvailability

Geospatial Data

Compare resource requirements against resource availability foreach resource category using metrics

Resource Categories:• Airspace• Air Shed Emissions Availability• AICUZ (Noise Bands)• Groundwater Access• Groundwater Discharge Availability• Surface Land Access• Surface Water Access & Discharge Availability• Subsurface Land Access• Spectrum

Resource ReadinessRatings per Metric*

RD1 -- Some deficiencies

RD2 -- Significant

deficiencies

RD3 -- Major deficiencies

RO3 – Major opportunities

RO2 -- Significant opportunities

RO1 – Some opportunities

RR – Adequate (Minor

opportunities or deficiencies)

*RO = Resource Opportunity

*RD = Resource Deficiency

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RCM Breakpoints, Color Codes, Rating Codes*

* Percentages results from comparison of resource availability to resource requirements, using 100% as the baseline for breakpoints.

Adequate

Opportunity

Deficiency

RO = Resource OpportunityRD = Resource Deficiency

I NITIAL B REAK

P OINTS *

COLOR CODES RATING CODES

> 140% RO3

> 120-140% RO2

>110 - 120% RO1

110 - 90% RR

< 90- 80% RD1

< 80 - 60% RD2

< 60% RD3

BREAKPOINTS

ENCROACHMENT

SUSTAINM

ENT

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AirspaceMetric 1

CompatibleVolume

AirspaceMetric 2

Hours

AirspaceMetric 3

Distance

AirspaceMetric 4

MinimumSize

Dimensions

Surface Land Access

Metric 1

Surface Land Access

Metric 2

Surface Water

Discharge Availability

Ground Water

Access(Supply)

RR

RD3

RO2 RO2RD1 RRRO3 RO3

• Range has some resource opportunity• Approximately 1.4% airspace encroachment using Metric #1 at range• There is no validated method in AF to size airspace for Metric 4. Required airspace

dimensions generated by 20 FW staff for pilot test purposes only• Approximately 12.1% off-range surface land encroachment using Metric #1

Tested Metrics

Airspace Readiness Ratings for Poinsett Range

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Airspace Readiness Ratings for OCONUS Range

Airspace: Installation Rating Color

Metric 1: Compatible Volume RR

Metric 2: Time Volume Denied RR

Metric 3: Hours RO3

Metric 4: Distance N/A N/A

Metric 5: Minimum Size Dimensions N/A N/A

Airspace: Range

Metric 1: Compatible Volume RR

Metric 2: Time Volume Denied RD3

Metric 3: Hours RO3

Metric 4: Distance RD3

Metric 5: Minimum Size Dimensions – F-16CJ RD3

Metric 5: Minimum Size Dimensions – A-10 RD3

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• Resource Requirements defined by acres within 65+ dB contours

• Total acres = 9600• Off-base acres = 6300• On-base acres = 3300

• Resource Availability defined by “compatible acres”

• 700 - 945 incompatible acres off-base determined using FAA guidelines

• 5355 - 5600 compatible acres off-base• 85.0-88.8% compatible acres off-base,

or 11.2 - 15% encroachment

Surface Land Resource Adequacy Determination

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RCM Pilot Test Chronology

• 2003 Pilot Test Shaw AFB Pilot Test Luke AFB Briefed executive summary to XOO, SAF/IEE, XIC, ESOH

Committee, DoD ESOH Policy Board, RRPI Executive Group and WIPT

• 2004 Pilot Test NJANG ACC Full Implementation Pilot Test Spangdahlem AB

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Some Practical Implications

Traditional Environmental Management Structures Should be “deconstructed”;

Replaced by “Natural Infrastructure Planning”

Natural Infrastructure Requirement Analysis Conducted With or Before: Basing Decisions Military Planning (Contingencies, Weapon System

Design, etc.) Environmental Impact Analysis

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Natural Natural Infrastructure Infrastructure ManagementManagement Part II: Part II: Implementation Implementation

Lt Col Jeff CornellOffice of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary US Air Force

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