The 104th congress and federal facility environmental activities: 1st session wrap‐up

In: Federal facilities environmental journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 1-14

Abstract

AbstractThe dire predictions about how federal facility environmental activities would fare in the 1st Session of the 104th Congress proved unfounded. The fiscal year 1996 DOD and DOE appropriations and authorization legislation did not transfer Defense cleanup programs to EPA or slash DOD and DOE environmental funding requests. In part, this reflected the recognition that much of the criticism of DOD and DOE environmental programs was based on a misunderstanding of their development and operation. DOD and DOE environmental managers deserve credit for justifying and demonstrating the relative effectiveness of their environmental programs to the new congressional leadership.