The Defense Department in recent years has markedly increased its transfer of closing base property, and by the end of fiscal year 2000, had completed cleanup responses at more than 60 percent of BRAC sites, according to a recently released DOD report. "Since the first round of base closures and realignments in fiscal year 1988, (DOD) made significant progress in completing environmental restoration activities and supporting property transfer and reuse," DOD Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Environment John Paul Woodley...
