Letter from Clarence L. Smith, Chairman of ASTSWMO, to Chairman Principi. Page: 1 of 14
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Association of State and Territorial
A ._T EW S I444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 315
ASTSWMO Washington, D.C. 20001
BRAC Commission tel: (202) 624-5828 fax: (202) 624-7875
Solid Waste Management Officials
August 8, 2005 AUG 0 2005
Received
Mr. Anthony Principi
Chairman
2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
2521 South Clark Street
Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22202-3920
RE: Comments concerning the environmental impact, including the impact of costs
related to potential environmental restoration, waste management, and environmental
compliance activities.
Dear Chairman Principi:
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
(ASTSWMO) is a non-profit trade organization supporting the environmental agencies of
the States and trust territories. The Association's mission is briefly stated: "To Enhance
and Promote Effective State and Territorial Waste Management Programs, and Affect
National Waste Management Policies". ASTSWMO's members are the State managers
of hazardous waste, solid waste, and cleanup programs, who are engaged full time in the
regulatory and remediation activities of their State environmental agencies, and have
hands-on familiarity with the implementation of federal and State statutes governing
federal facilities.
The purpose of our letter and attached paper is to highlight the views of the ASTSWMO
Federal Facilities Subcommittee concerning the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
Commission's hearing on August 11, 2005 to the "appropriate environmental stewardship
of installations recommended for closure and realignment." (Federal Register, August 2,
2005, 70 FR 44327). The Subcommittee believes that, based on prior history with DoD
and private site remedial actions, States are able to provide significant and critical input
to this BRAC process. With this new round of BRAC, all the parties involved have an
opportunity to take advantage of the lessons learned and implement these for an
expeditious and cost-effective process.
From our perspective, the following six critical areas must be implemented:
* Ensure early State involvement in the BRAC process, especially in the
preliminary clean-up scoping activities and budgetary planning;
SIdentify lead agency/regulatory roles and responsibilities early in the process, andestablish realistic and enforceable schedules;
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