Re: Cpro Conference Introductions

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

DEFENSE CLEANUP BUDGET GUTTED

 In last minute maneuvers, Congressional appropriators slashed the
Defense Environmental Restoration Account (DERA) even more than either
house had proposed. The final fiscal year 1995 Defense Appropriation
provides only $1.87 billion for DERA, which covers cleanup at active and
former military bases. This is $400 million or 18.3% less than the Defense
Department requested. This is the first year, since the inception of DERA a
decade ago, that Defense cleanup funds have been reduced below the
previous year's total. Today's domestic Defense cleanup budget consists
both of DERA and cleanup funds for Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC) facilities.

 1984 1985 1986 1987
DERA $150.0 $314.0 $360.5 $377.2
BRAC n/a n/a n/a n/a
TOTAL $150.0 $314.0 $360.5 $377.2

 1988 1989 1990 1991
DERA $404.0 $502.5 $601.3 $1,065.0
BRAC n/a n/a n/a $303.8
TOTAL $404.0 $502.5 $601.3 $1,368.8

 1992 1993 1994 1995
DERA $1,129.6 $1,638.5 $1,965.0 $1,870
BRAC $540.3 $485.8 $617.7 $559
TOTAL $1,669.9 $2,124.3 $2,582.7 $2,429