MILITARY BASE CLOSURES: Opportunities Exist to Improve

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Environmental Cleanup Cost Reporting and to Expedite Transfer

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Contents

Letter 1

Results in Brief 3

Background 7

Expected Environmental Cleanup Costs for the 2005 BRAC Round Are Not Yet Fully Known 12

DOD Continues to Make Progress in Transferring Unneeded Properties, but Environmental Cleanup

Continues to be a Key Impediment to Transfer of Remaining Properties 19

Opportunities Exist to Expedite Cleanup and Transfer of Unneeded BRAC Properties 24

Conclusions 32

Recommendations for Executive Action 33

Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 33

Appendix I: Scope and Methodology 38

Appendix II: CERCLA Cleanup Requirements 42

Appendix III: Environmental Cleanup Cost Information in Four Selected Reports to Congress 44

Appendix IV: Comments from the Department of Defense 47

Appendix V: Key Prior GAO Reports on DOD Environmental Cleanup 50

Appendix VI: GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 51