Environmental Issues And Military Base Closings
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Environmental Issues And Military Base Closings
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Environmental Issues And Military Base Closings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Environmental Issues And Military Base Closings
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language : en
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Release Date : 2015-08-05
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Excerpt from Environmental Issues and Military Base Closings: Hearings Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, May 27, 1993, December 7, 1993 Alameda, California The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room Sd-406, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Barbara Boxer acting chairman of the committee presiding. Present: Senators Boxer, Mitchell, Lautenberg, Metzenbaum, Wofford, Chafee, Warner, and Smith. Senator Boxer. Good morning. This hearing will now come to order. I want to welcome everybody here. Chairman Baucus has asked me to fill in for him this morning. His father had an accident and is in the hospital and the Chairman had to fly back to Montana. We all wish him every good wish and hope he will recover quickly and that Senator Baucus will return quickly. What I would like to do is read into the record the Chairman's statement because I think it indicates his concern over this issue. Following that, I will read my statement and then we will open it up to our first panel. This is Chairman Baucus' statement. Opening Statement of Hon. Max Baucus, U.S. Senator From the State of Montana The Committee on Environment and Public Works today will examine environmental issues associated with closing military bases. These issues are of increasing importance as more military bases are closed. We are all aware of the pain and disruption caused when a military base is closed. Not only do the people working on the bases lose their jobs, but the economic base of the surrounding suffers. Understandably, local communities want to minimize the serious economic consequences of closing bases by quickly developing new and productive uses for them. But there is another side to the issue. Many of the bases scheduled for closure are contaminated by health and environmental hazards such as waste solvents, spilled fuel and oil, and hazardous waste. In fact, 15 of the bases that have been scheduled for closing are so contaminated that they are included on the Superfund National Priorities List, and many other bases not listed on the National Priorities List also have serious contamination. Balancing the need to put these bases to productive use and ensuring that they are fully cleaned up is a difficult task. Communities do not want to wait for years while the Federal Government, contractors, and the States study the extent of contamination and argue over remedies. However, returning these bases to productive reuse must also not compromise our protection of human health and the environment. The health of residents, both current and future, and of the environment must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of economic development. Economic development and environmental protection are not inconsistent. I support both goals. More important, I believe we can achieve both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Environmental Issues Associated With The Department Of Defense Base Realignment And Closure Brac Program
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Author : Craig Stephen Hamer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Environmental Issues Associated With The Department Of Defense Base Realignment And Closure Brac Program written by Craig Stephen Hamer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
The purpose of this paper is to take a comprehensive look at the environmental restoration issues surrounding the implementation of the Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program. Environmental problems at DoD sites present some unique challenges because environmental priorities must be integrated with the national security missions of each DoD Service. Still environmental hazards must be dealt with before the military bases can be transferred of sold back to the local communities. It is also important for the Federal Government to present a unified picture to the public of a government committed to environmental protection and restoration at it's own facilities at least to the same extent that it is committed to environmental protection at private sites. This paper will examine the statutes and regulations surrounding the environmental cleanups. It will also research the mechanism by which the DoD can best achieve this end and the resources at its disposal for restorations of hazardous/toxic wastes sites at its facilities in the continental U.S. and overseas.
Military Bases
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Military Bases written by United States. General Accounting Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Hazardous wastes categories.
Military Base Closures Role And Costs Of Environmental Cleanup
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Military Base Closures Role And Costs Of Environmental Cleanup written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Near the end of its first session, the 109th Congress approved a new round of military base closures and realignments. As the Department of Defense (DoD) implements the new round, potential issues for the 110th Congress include the pace and costs of closing and realigning the bases and the impacts on surrounding communities. The disposal of surplus property has stimulated interest among affected communities in terms of how the land can be redeveloped to replace lost jobs. Environmental contamination can present a challenge to economic redevelopment if funding or technological constraints would limit the degree of cleanup needed to make the land safe for its intended use. Most of the land on bases closed under prior rounds has been cleaned up and transferred for redevelopment. However, some bases have yet to be cleaned up to an extent adequate for the planned land use. Bases closed under the 2005 round could face similar redevelopment delays if a community's preferred land use requires a costly and time-consuming degree of cleanup. This report explains cleanup requirements for the transfer and reuse of properties on closed bases, discusses property transfer status and cleanup costs on bases closed in prior rounds, and examines estimates of costs to clean up bases to be closed in the 2005 round to make these properties safe for civilian reuse.
Military Base Closures Opportunities Exist To Improve Environmental Cleanup Cost Reporting To Expedite Transfer Of Unneeded Property
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Military Base Closures Opportunities Exist To Improve Environmental Cleanup Cost Reporting To Expedite Transfer Of Unneeded Property written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
While expected environmental cleanup costs for unneeded property arising from the 2005 BRAC round are not yet fully known, Department of Defense (DOD) data indicate that about $950 million will be needed to clean up these bases, adding to the estimated $13.2 billion total cleanup cost for the prior rounds. Although DOD's cleanup program has matured compared to prior BRAC rounds, there are still many unknowns and the cleanup estimate for the 2005 round should be considered preliminary. In fact, environmental cleanup costs are likely to increase as more intensive environmental investigations are undertaken, additional hazardous conditions are discovered, and future reuse plans are finalized. Furthermore, Congress does not have full visibility over the total cost of DOD's BRAC cleanup efforts because none of the four reports DOD prepares on various aspects of environmental cleanup present all types of costs past and future to complete cleanup at each base. Compiling a complete picture of all costs requires extracting information from multiple reports, as GAO has done to estimate the total cleanup cost for the four prior BRAC rounds. More complete and transparent cost information would assist Congress in conducting its oversight responsibilities for this multibillion dollar effort.
Us Army Military Base Closures In Germany
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Author : Sandra L. Torres
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Us Army Military Base Closures In Germany written by Sandra L. Torres and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Environmental management categories.
"This research assessed the effectiveness of existing Environmental, Health and Safety (EH & S) Management programs for two army installations located in Germany that were scheduled for closure. These two base closures were separated by a period of four years. This research qualitatively assessed the control measures in place, the effectiveness of these measures, and the final status of EH & S issues upon completion of the base closure process. EH & S programs were evaluated using interviews of employees involved in the base closure in order to determine what processes were in place to minimize environmental impacts, and what environmental issues remained unresolved at the time of closure. The goal of the research was to determine improvements occurring in the EH & S management programs between these two base closures. Results of this research indicate that the US Army has improved its base closure process by publishing an environmental strategy, thoroughly planning and coordinating specific environmental tasks, and working with the host nation to minimize environmental damage and limit liability. The US Army has not yet fully integrated the health and safety management aspects into its program for base closure. Closer adherence to the goals and objectives outlined in the Army Cleanup Strategy will result in fewer unresolved issues for subsequent base closures"--Abstract.
Military Bases
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Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-05-11
Military Bases written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-11 with categories.
NSIAD-95-70 Military Bases: Environmental Impact at Closing Installations
Military Base Realignments And Closures Dod Has Improved Environmental Cleanup Reporting But Should Obtain And Share More Information
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Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-21
Military Base Realignments And Closures Dod Has Improved Environmental Cleanup Reporting But Should Obtain And Share More Information written by United States. Government Accountability Office and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Hazardous waste site remediation categories.
The environmental cleanup of bases closed under the BRAC process has historically been an impediment to the expeditious transfer of unneeded property to other federal and nonfederal parties. While DOD is obligated to ensure that former installation property is cleaned up to a level that is protective of human health and the environment, the cleanup process can delay redevelopment in communities affected by the BRAC process. The House Report accompanying the fiscal year 2016 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill includes a provision for GAO to update its 2007 report on the environmental cleanup and transfer of installations closed under BRAC. This report addresses the extent to which DOD has made progress in: (1) capturing and reporting environmental cleanup costs at installations closed under BRAC and (2) transferring excess property and mitigating any challenges. GAO reviewed DOD guidance, cost data, and property transfer data; visited installations selected from among those with the highest cleanup costs, as well as other factors; and interviewed DOD and service officials.
The Greening Of Pentagon Brownfields
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Author : Kenneth N. Hansen
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2004
The Greening Of Pentagon Brownfields written by Kenneth N. Hansen and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
The closing of U.S. military bases in the 1990s left many municipalities with significant redevelopment opportunities coupled often with major environmental problems. Hansen (political science, U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville) uses comparative case studies and quantitative survey analysis to test theories of environmental policy implementation in su.