FY98 DOD CLEANUP BUDGET

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

FISCAL YEAR 1998 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CLEANUP BUDGET

DEFENSE CLEANUP (February 7, 1997) has published summary figures for 
the Defense Department cleanup budget request for fiscal year 1998, 
submitted by the President to Congress last week.

According to DEFENSE CLEANUP, the proposed budget for environmental 
restoration at Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) facilities has 
jumped to $1.4 billion, about $630 million above last years' appropriation.

For the first time, the proposed BRAC cleanup budget exceeds the 
environmental restoration proposal for active and former bases. The 
proposal for the five accounts that formerly made up the Defense 
Environmental Restoration Account is $1.2 billion, about $100 million 
less than last year. Of those accounts, the Army proposal has risen but 
the Air Force, Navy, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Formerly Used 
Defense Sites funds are to decline.

I'll be posting more details on the FY98 budget as a receive them.

Lenny Siegel