Defense Environment Alert -- Incoming Army and Air Force environment officials have assured Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Democrat Carl Levin (MI) that the military would coordinate with local communities in the 2005 BRAC round, in response to the lawmaker's questions about their plans to respect local wishes and fulfill cleanup responsibilities at BRAC sites. However, the Army official, Keith Eastin, told Defense Environment Alert that BRAC reuse committees must approach cleanup and land reuse issues realistically. Eastin was sworn...
