FOREIGN BASE CLEANUP DATA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>

FOREIGN CLEANUP
New data on the U.S. military's small program for cleaning up 
contamination at overseas military bases has recently been disclosed. 
It can be found, buried in an appendix to a recent report of the 
General Accounting Office. ("Environmental Protection: Status of 
Defense Initiatives for Cleanup, Compliane, and Technology," 
GAO/NSIAD-96-155, August, 1996. pp. 19-22.)
GAO reports that 97% of the $102 million obligated for overseas 
military cleanup in the last four years came from Operations and 
Maintenance funds. (Foreign bases are not eligible for money from the 
Defense Environmental Restoration Account or the base closure budget.) 
In that period, the Army made 69% of the expenditures. 78% went for 
cleanup, as opposed to studies and oversight. 
No data were published showing expenditures by country. In fact, I have 
reproduced all the data below:
 
Overseas Cleanup Funding by Year
Fiscal Year Study Cleanup Oversight Total
 (thousands of dollars)
1993 4,657 29,462 171 34,290
1994 7,445 14,867 376 22,688
1995 3,943 18,659 636 23,237
1996 3,925 17,369 1,169 22,462
TOTAL 19,970 80,357 2,352 102,678
 
Overseas Cleanup, FY 1993-96, by Defense Component
Service (thousands of dollars) (percentage)
Army $71,147 69%
Air Force 20,249 20%
Navy 9,029 9%
Defense Logistics Agency 2,074 2%
Marines 179 0%
 
Number of Overseas Sites/Projects Funded by Fiscal Year
Service FY1993 FY1994 FY1995 FY1996
Army 68 63 50 69
Navy & Marine Corps 3 12 15 11
Air Force 21 35 18 20
Defense Logistics Agency 1 2 2 1
 
Lenny Siegel