NAVFAC Washington selected Sovereign for a $3.5M, 5-year Base Ordering Agreement (BOA) for Environmental Restoration at Naval facilities in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Under the BOA, Sovereign performed the following natural resources services:
Additional services under the BOA were:
Sovereign’s strong performance as a member of the Dahlgren Installation Restoration Team (DIRT) merited recognition from the Virginia Navy Tier II Team, which recognized DIRT as the Virginia Tier 1 Team of the Year Award.
- Invasive and noxious species surveys and control
- Wetland restoration, expansion, monitoring, and reporting
- Collection of surface water, groundwater, sediment, and benthic macroinvertebrate samples
- Preparation of reports for and negotiation with the US EPA Region III Biological Technical Assistance Group, which consists of US EPA Region III, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and VDEQ.
- Development of Long-Term Monitoring Work Plans
- Long-term remedial monitoring
- Removal actions
- Operation and maintenance of remediation and monitoring systems
- Risk assessment
- Methane gas monitoring
- Postclosure landfill inspections