CAL DSMOA UPDATE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

CAL DSMOA COMPROMISE

Word is that the Defense Department has modified its offer of DSMOA 
(Defense State Memorandum of Agreement) funding to California. For the 
rest of the state fiscal year (until June 30), funds will be provided 
at $1,333,333 per month, the current burn rate. For next year, Defense 
will provide about $13 million, 25% below California's request.

In essence, the Defense Department is giving California more time to 
adjust to the new rate. But Cal-EPA has already disbanded its 
headquarters unit supporting military cleanup activities. Its 
participation in partnering efforts such as the BADCAT Environmental 
Technology Partnership and the California Military Environmental 
Coordinating Committee will suffer.

Lenny Siegel