The Rocky Flats Project Office (Project Office) had not initiated,
Damage Assessment and had no plans, at the time of our review, for conducting a
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) at the Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats). It is Departmental
policy to conduct such an assessment to identify residual injuries
and the costs of any additional remedial actions. Furthermore,
Departmental guidance recognizes that the early initiation of an
NRDA can provide savings and efficiencies in performing the
assessment.
