A draft of the United States Army Corps of Engineers' debris management plan says it would take a dump truck with a 20-cubic-yard bed 1,000 days to clear the debris, if it carried 1,000 loads a day — or about three years.
One objection that did carry water, however, was the request for an extensive orbital debris mitigation plan.
Based on a sample of 38 debris management plans, this study analyzes the extent to which debris management plans are in compliance with the guidance put forth by the Pilot Program.
In spite of the importance of debris management planning, there has been little research on the consistency between local plans and federal policies.
Past research suggests that the presence of pre-disaster debris management plans promotes effective and efficient debris operations, which ultimately leads to a speedier recovery.
After the plans were evaluated, they were ranked and divided into clusters in order to better understand the relationships between federal guidance and local debris management planning.
Inferential statistics suggest that the sample is representative of the larger population of counties that had disaster declarations and debris management plans in place before the disaster occurred.
International officials blamed the Haitian government for failing to take charge and create a master plan for debris removal and resettlement.
This study also found that plans with higher-scoring components had more detailed guidance in FEMA's 2007 and 2016 Public Assistance and debris management guides than plans with lower-scoring components.
