[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: "BRAC cleanup costs linger long after installations close"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC cleanup costs linger long after installations close

By ANDY MEDICI |
Federal Times
February 6, 2012

Two thousand acres on Monterey Bay in California, once home to the  
Army's Fort Ord, now is the site of California State University,  
Monterey Bay, thousands of homes and a growing number of shops.

The former field artillery target range was closed in 1994 as part of  
the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

But more than 18 years later, the work of cleaning up the hazardous  
materials and unexploded weapons there continues.

The Army has spent more than $258 million cleaning up the  
installation and expects to pay another $110 million.

Even as the administration prepares to ask Congress for one or two  
more rounds of base closures as part of its 2013 budget, the  
government - and taxpayers - are still on the hook for cleaning up  
old military installations closed during earlier rounds.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120206/FACILITIES02/202060307/1001

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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