[CPEO-MEF] Budget Analysis

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I've done a quick numerical comparison of some of the items in this
year's (fiscal year 02) proposed Defense Environment budget, shown today
in an earlier message, against numbers from the previous two years.
Despite increases in the total Defense budget, the overall environmental
security budget is proposed to fall by 11.6 percent compared to FY01.
Compared to FY00 the drop is only about 5%.

The Navy Environmental Restoration budget dropped by nearly 14% compared
to FY01 and over 11% compared to FY00. The Formerly Used Defense Sites
proposal dropped by over 19% compared to FY01 and nearly 24% compared to FY00.

The Army BRAC budget dropped by nearly 45% compared to FY01 and nearly
over 13% compared to FY00. The Navy BRAC budget dropped by nearly 65%
compared to FY01 but only 3% compared to FY00. The Air Force, which had
its BRAC budget cut mid-year last year, received a 68% increase compared
to FY01, 60% compared to FY00.

All three armed services' already small environmental technology budgets
have been cut significantly. The Army took a 68% hit this year and the
Navy took a 32% cut. The Air Force programs identified as environmental
technology dwindled from little to nothing.

Lenny


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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