Issues and Alternatives for Cleanup and Property Transfer of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Sites

This report addresses the applicability of innovative approaches from the private sector and other stakeholders for developing environmentally contaminated properties, examines existing program successes, and assesses the potential to improve the BRAC process. Options considered include the use of n...

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Main Authors: Morehouse, Edward T, Bracken, Marilyn C, Rubin, Rebecca R
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration and Management
BASE CLOSURES
BRAC(BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE)
CLEANING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDC(ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONVEYANCE)
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INSTALLATION RESTORATION
LAND USE
LEGISLATION
Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
LRA(LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY)
MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
MILITARY FACILITIES
ORGANIZATIONAL REALIGNMENT
POLLUTION
SITE INVESTIGATIONS
Solid Wastes Pollution and Control
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Summary:This report addresses the applicability of innovative approaches from the private sector and other stakeholders for developing environmentally contaminated properties, examines existing program successes, and assesses the potential to improve the BRAC process. Options considered include the use of new tools available to DoD, the Local Reuse Authorities (LRAs) and developers, and other process changes. These new tools include early transfer authority, the no-cost economic development conveyance (EDC), and environmental insurance. Early transfer authority allows Federal agencies to transfer property before all necessary cleanup actions have been taken, The no-cost EDC legislation passed in 1999 permits property to be transferred to an LRA without consideration provided the property is used for job creation. IDA's approach was to identify barriers to successful property transfer and best approaches and ideas that could accelerate the transfer process for existing BRAC sites and future BRAC rounds. While expediting environmental cleanup is a major issue in accelerating the transfer of property, the study looked more broadly at the process, beginning with the announcement of a BRAC round and ending with title transfer to a non-DoD owner. The original document contains color images.