[CPEO-MEF] Hunters Point and Mc Clellan AFB in Committee Report

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@cpeo.org>]

In the Committee Report for the Military Construction Appropriations bill 
(S. 1460) there appears the following language in regards to Hunters Point 
Naval Shipyard in San Francisco and Mc Clellan Air Force Base in Sacramento.

Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

"Of particular concern to the Committee is the level of progress being made 
on BRAC environmental remediation at the former Hunters Point Naval 
Shipyard in California.

"The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the 
congressional defense committees, within 90 days of the enactment of this 
Act, with a master plan for the cleanup of Hunters Point Naval 
Shipyard.  This plan should include a detailed cleanup schedule plus cost 
estimates for each parcel as well as for the entire project.  Following 
submission of the initial report, the Secretary is directed to provide 
semi-annual progress reports to the defense congressional committees.

"The Committee expects the Navy to fully fund the cleanup of the shipyard 
in a timely manner, and to execute as expeditiously as possible the total 
fiscal year 2002 program, at no less than the budgeted level of 
$50,608,000.  This includes allocating sufficient resources to complete the 
cleanup of Parcel B, to continue the cleanup of Parcels C and D, and to 
initiate site characterization of Parcels E and F in fiscal year 2002.  The 
Committee also expects the Navy to adequately fund the cleanup of Parcels C 
and D and the site characterization of Parcels E and F as expeditiously as 
possible in accordance with the master plan."

Environmental Remediation, Mc Clellan Air Force Base, CA

"The closure of McClellan Air Force Base was completed on July 13, 
2001.  Productive re-use of the base is now underway, and nearly 2,000 of 
the 25,000 jobs lost to the Sacramento Region with the base closure have 
been recreated.  An estimated $490,000,000 in BRAC environmental 
remediation funds will be required to complete the base cleanup 
program.  Of particular concern to the Committee is the urgent requirement 
to clean up the plutonium contamination at the installation.  In addition 
to the $35,754,000 included in the President's fiscal year 2002 budget for 
environmental clean up at McClellan AFB, the Air Force has identified to 
the Committee a shortfall of $22,600,000 for fiscal year 2002 clean up 
activities at McClellan.  The Committee expects the Air Force to fully fund 
the environmental remediation program at McClellan in 2002 and beyond."

Aimee

Please note new phone number and address below.
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Aimee R. Houghton
Associate Director, CPEO
1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20036
tel: 202-452-8039; fax: 202-452-8095
Email: aimeeh@cpeo.org
www.cpeo.org
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