The key document in the management and execution of the Army’s Cleanup Program is the IAP. Each installation conducting an ongoing environmental cleanup provides an IAP outlining the total multi-year integrated, coordinated approach to achieving their restoration goals. The plan is used by USAEC, major Army commands, subordinate commands and installations to monitor requirements, schedules and budgets. The IAP provides the environmental restoration requirements, the rationale for the selected technical approach and corresponding financial needs for each cleanup site. Prior year funding and tentative cost estimates through the entire remedial process are included. Estimates of cost must be fully supportable, either using a cost estimating model or engineered estimate. IAPs includes sections on the installations' Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Military Munition Response Program (MMRP) and Compliance Cleanup (CC) sites.

The IAPs contain background information on the installation, the  history of the cleanup programs, the current status (as of the end of the previous fiscal year), the contaminants of concern, past milestones, response actions taken, a listing of related documents and closed sites, and possible future response and site close-out actions.