The language on UXO cleanup provisions appears in the Senate 2002 Defense
Authorization bill. You can access the entire bill by going
to:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:S.1416:
S1416
Subtitle B--Environmental
Provisions
SEC. 311. ESTABLISHMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACCOUNTS OF
SUB-ACCOUNTS FOR UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND RELATED CONSTITUENTS.
- Section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
- (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections (c)
through (g), respectively; and
- (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection
(b):
- `(b) SUB-ACCOUNTS FOR UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND RELATED CONSTITUENTS-
There is hereby established within each environmental restoration account
established under subsection (a) a sub-account to be known as the
`Environmental Restoration Sub-Account, Unexploded Ordnance and Related
Constituents', for the account concerned.'.
SEC. 312. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCE AND RELATED CONSTITUENTS.
- (a) REPORT REQUIRED- The report submitted to Congress under section
2706(a) of title 10, United States Code, in 2002 shall include, in
addition to the matters required by such section, a comprehensive
assessment of the extent of unexploded ordnance and related constituents
at current and former facilities of the Department of Defense.
- (b) ELEMENTS- The assessment included under subsection (a) in the
report referred to in that subsection shall include, at a minimum--
- (1) an estimate of the aggregate projected costs of the remediation
of unexploded ordnance and related constituents at all active facilities
of the Department;
- (2) an estimate of the aggregate projected costs of the remediation
of unexploded ordnance and related constituents at all installations that
are being, or have been, closed or realigned under the base closure laws
as of the date of the report under subsection (a);
- (3) an estimate of the aggregate projected costs of the remediation
of unexploded ordnance and related constituents at all formerly used
defense sites;
- (4) a comprehensive plan for addressing the unexploded ordinance and
related constituents referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3), including
an assessment of the funding required and the period of time over which
such funding will be provided; and
- (5) an assessment of the technology available for the remediation of
unexploded ordnance and related constituents, an assessment of the impact
of improved technology on the cost of remediation of such ordnance and
constituents, and a plan for the development and utilization of such
improved technology.
- (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTIMATES- (1) The estimates of aggregate
projected costs under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection
(b) shall--
- (A) be stated as a range of aggregate projected costs, including a
low estimate and a high estimate;
- (B) set forth the differing assumptions underlying each such low
estimate and high estimate, including--
- (i) any public uses for the facilities, installations, or sites
concerned that will be available after the remediation has been
completed;
- (ii) the extent of the cleanup required to make the facilities,
installations, or sites concerned available for such uses; and
- (iii) the technologies to be applied to utilized this purpose; and
- (C) include, and identify separately, an estimate of the aggregate
projected costs of the remediation of any ground water contamination that
may be caused by unexploded ordnance and related constituents at the
facilities, installations, or sites concerned.
- (2) The high estimate of the aggregate projected costs for facilities
and installations under paragraph (1)(A) shall be based on the assumption
that all unexploded ordnance and related constituents at such facilities
and installations will be addressed, regardless of whether there are any
current plans to close such facilities or installations or discontinue
training at such facilities or installations.
- (3) The estimate of the aggregate projected costs of remediation of
ground water contamination under paragraph (1)(C) shall be based on a
comprehensive assessment of the risk of such contamination and of the
actions required to protect the ground water supplies concerned.
Please note new phone number and address below.
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Aimee R.
Houghton
Associate Director, CPEO
1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-452-8039; fax: 202-452-8095
Email: aimeeh@cpeo.org
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