Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22/09/1995

Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Analyses for Defense Base Realignment and Disposal Actions Resulting from the 1995 Commission's Recommendations

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commissions were established by Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend military installations for realignment and closure. The 1995 Commission's recommendations were included in a report which was presented to the President on July 1, 1995. The President approved and forwarded this report to Congress on July 13, 1995. A joint resolution to disapprove these recommendations did not pass in Congress on September 8, 1995. Thus, if no further action is undertaken to disapprove such recommendations within the statutorily provided time period, then these recommendations will become law and must be implemented consistent with the requirements of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101- 510. Public Law 101-510 exempts the decision-making processes of the Commission from the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The law also relieves the Department of Defense from the NEPA requirement to consider the need for closing, realigning, or transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to close or realign. Nonetheless, the Departme