new Munitions Response data

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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The just released (Fiscal Year 2003) version of the Defense
Environmental Restoration Program Annual Report (see
http://63.88.245.60/DERPARC_FY03/do/home) contains updated information
on the status of the Defense Department's Military Munitions Response
Program. The armed services continue to assess closed ranges on active
installations, so the rise in the number of sites and the estimated
response cost is a good thing - a known liability is finally being
accounted for.

I have taken the official cost-to-complete for each of the three
categories, and divided them, as well as the total, by the planned
expenditures for fiscal year 2005 to come up with a years-to-complete
figure. At the total currently planned rate of expenditure for the three
categories of Munitions Response, it will take the Defense Department
118 years to complete identified (estimated) projects.

To read the following as an aligned table, paste the data into a word
processing program and use a monospace font such as Courier.

      Military Munitions Response Program (as of September 30, 2003)

    Total Sites   RC*invest. RC*cleanup  FY04-complete FY05 estimate  years
                                          $thousands   $thousands   

Closed**   850         0          55      $4,313,293    $33,796      128
BRAC***    196       110          16        $547,881    $32,922       17
FUDS**** 1,771       780          27     $11,984,506    $75,541      159

Total    2,817       890          98     $16,845,680   $142,259      118


*These two columns count the number of sites that have reached "response
complete" through investigation alone or through cleanup. Note that many
response complete sites are under long-term management.

**Closed ranges on active installations do not include operational
(active or inactive) ranges. Thus, the expenditures on the Camp Edwards
(Masschusetts Military Reservation) cleanup are not included in this table.

***Base Realignment and Closure
****Formerly Used Defense Sites

Lenny
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope 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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