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Base Closure and Property Transfer at Federal Facilities Links
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Key Base Closure and Property Transfer Documents
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (4 pp, 59K)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/bracfaq.pdf
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005
Program Snapshot for BRAC Facilities with EPA Involvement (MS PowerPoint) (2 pp, 121K)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/2005 MY BRAC FT Program Snapshot 6.ppt2005 Proposed Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Installations on the NPL (MS Word) (3 pp, 61K)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/brac05_npl.docU.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure 2005
http://www.defense.gov/brac/Base Closures and Realignments (BRAC) - Federal Register Volume 70, Issue 93 (May 16, 2005)
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=05-9749&packageId=FR-2005-05-16
Policies and Guidances
Interim Guidance for EPA's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program (April 27, 2006)
http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=900Z0H00.txt
This guidance supersedes the February 1996 EPA Guidance for Implementing the Fast-Track Cleanup Program at Closing or Realigning Military Bases.Institutional Controls and Transfer of Real Property under CERCLA Section 120(h)(3)(A),(B) or (C)
EPA Guidance on the Transfer of Federal Property by Deed Before All Necessary Remedial Action Has Been Taken Pursuant to CERCLA Section 120(h)(3) -- (Early Transfer Authority Guidance)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/hkfin.htmGuidance on EPA Concurrence in the Identification of Uncontaminated Parcels under CERCLA Section 120 (h)(4) - March 27, 1997
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/97cerfa.htmGuidance for Evaluation of Federal Agency Demonstrations that Remedial Actions are Operating Properly and Successfully Under CERCLA Section 120(h)(3) - August 1996
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/896mm.htm
Department of Defense (DoD) Property Transfer
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Cleanup
Memoranda of Understanding Between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense:
Support for DoD Cleanup Implementation for BRAC Installations Rounds I-IV - 2008 (PDF) (9 pp, 1.9MB)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/brac_mou_2008.pdfSupport for DoD Cleanup Implementation for BRAC Installations Rounds I-IV - 2005 (PDF) (12 pp, 47K)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/brac_mou.pdfSupport for DoD BRAC Cleanup Implementation - November 2002 (PDF) (10 pp, 1.6 MB)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/signed_brac_mou.pdf
EPA's Guidance for Implementing the Fast Track Cleanup Program at Closing or Realigning Bases - February 16, 1996
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/epa296.htmFast-Track Cleanup at Closing DoD Installations
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/fast_track.htmDoD Guidance and Policies on Fast Track Cleanup at Closing Installations (9 September 1993) (PDF) (26 pp, 286K)
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/dod_fst_trck_clnp_closing_installations.pdf
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Transfer
Environmental Requirements for Federal Agency-to-Agency Property Transfer - May 1995
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/052695.htmDoD Guidance on the Environmental Review Process to Reach a Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST) for Property Where Release or Disposal Has Occurred (PDF) (5 pp, 114K) - June 1994
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/fost_prprty_release_occurred.pdfDoD Guidance on the Environmental Review Process to Reach a Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST) for Property Where No Release or Disposal Has Occurred (PDF) (4 pp, 110K) - June 1994
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/fost_prprty_no_release_occurred.pdf
Department of Energy (DOE) Property Transfer
Joint DOE/EPA Interim Policy Statement on Leasing Under the "Hall Amendment" - June 1998
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/hall.htmPolicy on Future Environmental Compliance Agreements - April 1989
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/042789.htmUse of Risk-Based End States - July 2003
https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/0455.1-APolicyInterim Final Policy on the Use of Risk-Based Methodologies in Setting Priorities for Cleanup Actions at Federal Facilities (PDF) (10 pp, 934K)
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/remedy/pdfs/riskbased-method.pdfPolicy on Decommissioning of Department of Energy Facilities Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) - May 1995
http://www.em.doe.gov/dandd/inqbt.aspx
Civilian Agency Property Transfer
Civilian Federal Agency Task Force: Guide on Evaluating Environmental Liability for Property Transfers (PDF) (276 pp, 616K) - August 1998
http://www.seco.noaa.gov/ENV/NEPA/Docs/cfatf_guide_liability.pdf
Liability and Transferee Policies
Guidance on EPA Concurrence in the Identification of Uncontaminated Parcels under CERCLA Section 120 (h)(4) - March 27, 1997
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/97cerfa.htmPolicy Towards Landowners and Transferees of Federal Facilities - June 1997
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/613memo.htm
Other Federal Agency Resources
U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure 2005
http://www.defense.gov/brac/Defense Environmental Restoration Program
http://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/Department of the Army
http://www.defense.gov/brac/army.htmDepartment of the Navy
http://www.defense.gov/brac/navy.htmDepartment of the Air Force
http://www.defense.gov/brac/af.htm
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
http://www.em.doe.govU.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Resources
Military Base Closures: Observations on Prior and Current BRAC Rounds (PDF) (38 pp, 256K) - May 3, 2005
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05614.pdfMilitary Base Closures: Updated Status of Prior Base Realignments and Closures (PDF) (55 pp, 421K) - January 2005
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05138.pdf