[CPEO-MEF] Projection of FUDS program completion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

At a recent CPEO-sponsored forum on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS),
Army spokesmen hinted that the estimated cost-to-complete for the FUDS
program might rise this year to somewhere around $17 billion. One of the
community participants, Mark F. Bohne of Milan, Ohio used that likely
figure to calculate how long it might take to complete the currently
anticipated FUDS effort. This is the table he created. Please note that
it doesn't assume any inflation figures, nor does it assume that
Congress will increase the programmed budget each year.

To line the columns up, copy the table to a word processor and apply a
monospace font such as Courier.

FY	 Annual Budget   Starting Balance Years to Complete 

2002   $221,000,000    $17,000,000,000    76
2003   $212,000,000    $16,779,000,000    79
2004   $217,000,000    $16,567,000,000    76
2005   $223,000,000    $16,350,000,000    73
2006   $228,000,000    $16,127,000,000    70
2007   $234,000,000    $15,899,000,000    67
2008                   $15,665,000,000      

FY = Fiscal Year

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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
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