Defense Environment Alert -- The Senate approved a measure earlier this month that pushes for prompt environmental cleanup at bases closing in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure round, requiring the military and regulators to determine the environmental condition of those properties by mid-2007 and provide swift environmental response. The measure was attached to the fiscal year 2006 defense authorization bill during floor debate Nov. 15. The Senate passed the bill, 98-0, that day. The BRAC environmental amendment, co-sponsored by...
