Facility Compliance Status
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
December 2, 2014
In Reply Refer To:
1112, 1703 (850) P
Ref. IM No. 2014-088
EMS TRANSMISSION 12/03/2014
Information Bulletin No. 2015-014
To: All Field Office Officials
From: Chief, Division of Business Resources
Subject: Facility Compliance Status
Compliance Assessment - Safety, Health, and the Environment (CASHE) status update responses were requested via Washington Office (WO) Instruction Memorandum (IM) 2014-088. This Information Bulletin (IB) informs field officials that the compilation of all CASHE status updates is now complete and has been sent to their respective State Offices electronically.
The completed CASHE status update spreadsheets that were already sent to the State Offices show the number of incomplete findings sorted by their priority level or risk assessment code for each organizational unit. Separate tabs in that spreadsheet describe each organizational unit’s incomplete CASHE and Radio Infrastructure (RI) CASHE findings along with their priority level or risk assessment code.
The CASHE status update will be used to:
- Identify CASHE recommendations that are eligible for deferred maintenance or other program funding for their implementation.
- Report the BLM’s performance measure for facility compliance to the Department of the Interior.
In FY 2014, 113 of 120 or 94 percent of the BLM’s organizational units met the standard for “good safety, health, and environmental condition.” The performance measure goal for FY 2014 was to have 96 percent of the BLM’s organizational units rated in good safety, health, and environmental condition. The slight drop in the percentage of organizational units rated in good condition is attributed to FY 2014 being the first year an organizational unit must have all its high priority traditional CASHE and RI CASHE findings completed to be rated in good condition. High priority CASHE and RI CASHE findings are those findings with priority levels IA or IB, or risk assessment codes of 1 or 2.
Attachment 1 shows the number of organizational units in each State and the Washington Office rated in good safety, health, and environmental condition. Eight states (Alaska, Colorado, Eastern States, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah) and the WO have 100 percent of their organizational units rated in good condition.
The BLM’s continued excellent performance is due to: (1) the identification of a portion of deferred maintenance funding to implement CASHE recommendations; (2) conducting of regularly scheduled follow-up CASHE audits to verify performance; and (3) the annual issuance of this facility compliance progress report to all organizational units that summarizes the incomplete findings.
This is the fourteenth consecutive year the BLM has issued a facility compliance progress report. The field should be proud of their long-term performance trend. The first year this report was compiled only 59 percent of organizational units were rated in good safety, health, and environmental condition compared with 94 percent in FY 2014. The field is also commended for their timely responses to the CASHE status update request.
Implementation of CASHE Recommendations: In accordance with WO IM 2014-088, organizational units are expected to complete or request funding for the completion of all high priority CASHE and RI CASHE recommendations within one-year of their CASHE or RI CASHE audit. Requests for CASHE Corrective Action funding can be made at anytime. A backlog of unfunded projects is maintained by the CASHE Program Lead. Any requests for CASHE Corrective Action funding should be made no later than February 28, 2015. This is necessary to allow the projects to be coordinated with the State Engineers and ensure that the corrective actions are included in the next fiscal year’s Planning Target Allocation that is sent to the States in April.
Questions on the CASHE status update or CASHE Corrective Action funding should be directed to Ken Morin, CASHE Program Lead at (303) 236-6418.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
Corey Grant Robert M. Williams
Division Chief Division of IRM Governance,WO-560
Business Resources
1 Attachment
1 - Number of Organizational Units in Good Safety, Health, and Environmental Condition (1 p)