Workers at Umatilla Chemical Depot incinerated the last ton container of mustard blister agent last week, completing the disposal of the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the northern Oregon facility. When the Army began incinerating the weapons stored at Umatilla in 2004, the depot held 3,717 tons of nerve and blister agent, accounting for almost 12 percent of the nation’s chemical weapons stockpile …
An agreement on the transfer of the former Fort Monmouth to the property’s LRA could be reached next month, according to Executive Director Bruce Steadman. The Army and the LRA have been close to an agreement for several months, though, so it is possible the latest target may have to be pushed back …
Legislation advancing in the House that would create a civilian BRAC commission to expedite the disposal of unneeded federal properties should be included in the final recommendations of the congressional deficit reduction committee, Rep. Jeff Denham, the bill’s sponsor, said Thursday. “One thing that we should all agree on is that the sale of unneeded federal property is one of the few bipartisan ways to save taxpayer dollars …
Federal agencies are on pace to eliminate $3.5 billion in real estate costs by the end of 2012, exceeding a goal President Obama set in June 2010 for shedding excess properties and lowering operating costs, OMB said Thursday. Agencies already have achieved $1.5 billion in savings through a combination of sales, consolidations, canceled projects, and reduced maintenance and utility costs …
Town councilors in Weymouth, Mass., are asking why the LRA for the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has agreed to pay the Navy an estimated $25 million for a 700-acre EDC when the city of Alameda will be obtaining a 900-acre EDC at no cost at the former Naval Air Station Alameda. “If it’s good enough for Alameda, it should be good enough for us …
The agreement the Navy and the city of Alameda struck last month over the terms of the transfer of a 918-acre parcel at the former Naval Air Station Alameda was the direct result of the city’s decision to return to the base’s original reuse plan, one that emphasized job growth over housing …
After several previous attempts to dispose of the former Stratford Army Engine Plant in Connecticut fizzled, the government is offering the 77-acre site “under new and innovative sale terms.” Essentially, the property, since renamed Point Stratford, will be sold for the cost to clean it up …
The Navy has disposed of the last remaining parcel at the former Naval Station Ingleside, transferring the installation’s 155-acre electromagnetic reduction facility earlier this month to a local company that manufactures offshore projects for the oil and gas industry. Kiewit Offshore Services last month submitted the only conforming bid during the Navy’s public auction of the property …
Amid a flurry of proposals sent by fellow lawmakers last week to the congressional deficit reduction committee, the chairman of the Senate subcommittee overseeing federal real estate offered the panel a plan to encourage federal agencies to dispose of thousands of unneeded properties. While it shares many of the same goals as legislation currently moving in the House, the plan submitted by Sen. Tom Carper seems to differ in many respects …
A controversial provision requiring the federal government to sell the Washington headquarters of the Department of Energy, among other properties, likely will sink the prospects of legislation that would create a civilian BRAC commission from becoming law, reports the Washington Business Journal …