This report is an examination of the policies developed to bring about
accelerated cleanup of military bases now closing in California and the
relevance of those policies to other Department of Defense cleanup
programs and hazardous waste policy in general. This annotated,
case-study-oriented briefing discusses the applicable legislation and
the various priority-setting systems that might be imposed--those based
on risk, jobs, reuse, speed, or land. Four questions are addressed: what
goals govern cleanup on California's closing bases, and to what extent
are they reuse-driven? Is risk-driven priority a by-product of existing
cleanup legislation? How do reuse- and risk-driven priorities differ,
and can DoD's goal of harmonizing these two priorities with legislative
requirements be achieved? What is project management's role?
Site-specific base studies are described, and recommendations delineated
for both active and closing bases.