DOD Revitalization Plan Prompts Fear of BRAC Cleanup, Land Transfer Fights

By Suzanne Yohannan / September 6, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- A proposed Defense Department rule for revitalizing bases slated for closure in the latest base realignment and closure round could prompt new disputes over land transfers and cleanup, according to redevelopment and local government sources, who say DOD's proposal goes too far in seeking to maximize property sales and lacks policy on how the cleanup process will be applied at these bases. The proposed regulation, which DOD quietly promulgated shortly before the Base Closure and Realignment...

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