This is a Navy developed concept to centrally manage and control hazardous material for an entire installation or ship resulting in substantial economic benefits. CHRIMP was first developed and implemented at the Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu (CA) in March, 1991. It was prototyped on LANTFLT and PACFLT ships and shore activities in 1993.
CHRIMP provides a way for the Navy as well as other organizations to control and manage large volumes of hazardous material, protect the environment, enhance worker safety, and comply with Federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. Control management of HM procurement, inventory, and reutilization results in greatly reduced hazardous material procurement and disposal costs. Navy's CHRIMP uses electronic information management procedures through the Hazardous Inventory Control System (HICS) computer program developed at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) in Pt. Mugu, CA. HICS automates the centralized management of hazardous materials at activity Hazardous Material Minimization (HAZMIN) centers. The program controls and tracks every aspect of the identification, receipt, issue and costs associated with hazardous materials (new and reutilized). Since procurements are made solely through the HAZMIN center, units of issue are made to meet customer needs and unnecessary purchases are reduced. Inventory reductions are achieved from consolidating line items and reducing procurements. It also encourages recycling of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.
The CHRIMP manual and HICS software have been provided to over 310 DOD installations. The program can be tailored and expanded for implementation Federal sector-wide with modifications to the US Navy developed computer software.
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