Re: PRESIDIO: FROM BRAC TO FUDS

[dmarron@cwsl.edu]

From: "Dottie Marron <dmarron@cwsl.edu>" <djm@cwsl.edu>

> From: Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>
> 
> I recently received disturbing information about funding for 
> environmental cleanup projects at the Presidio of San Francisco, a 
> former Army base in San Francisco now part of the Golden Gate National 
> Recreation Area. Not only is there not enough base closure cleanup 
> money in fiscal year (FY) 1997 to carry out planned projects, but 
> starting FY1998 the Presidio will have to compete for funds as a 
> formerly used defense site (FUDS), not a base realignment and closure 
> (BRAC) facility.

I don't know about anyone else, but I find this alarming news. What 
is to stop the military from doing this at other bases? I'm not at a 
BRAC base so I don't know all the ins and outs of funding allocation. 
Does the military still retain responsibility for cleanup if the base 
becomes a FUDS?

Dottie