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Dear Colleague: We urge you to join us in requesting $316,587,000 in funding for the cleanup and remediation of unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military munitions (DMM), and munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) in the Fiscal The FUDS Program, managed by the U.S. Army and executed by the Army Corps of Engineers, addresses environmental contamination at properties formerly owned, leased, possessed, or used by the military services. There are nearly 10,000 of these sites throughout While the Army Corps continues to make progress each year addressing FUDS, the pace is glacial. At the current rate of funding, the Pentagon estimates that it will take well over 40 years to fully complete the backlog. This is a problem that faces every Recently, we have seen a number of problems related to emerging contaminants, such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and the Department of Defense has been obligating funds to remediate these contaminants, often at the To sign on, or ask questions, please contact Martha Cramer (Martha.Cramer@mail.house.gov) in Rep. Blumenauer’s office, or Jay Campbell (Jay.Campbell@mail.house.gov) Sincerely,
Earl Blumenauer Rick Crawford Member of Congress Member of Congress
Dear Chairman Visclosky and Ranking Member Calvert: It is because of your leadership that the rate of remediation for dangerous unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military munitions (DMM), and munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) has not dipped, despite tighter budgetary caps. We urge you to continue We all take great pride that the United States military is the best trained fighting force in the world. As a result of this training, however, dangerous explosives and harmful contaminants are located on millions of acres of former military land, much of In 1986, Congress established the Defense Environmental Restoration Program-Formerly Used Defense Site Program (DERP-FUDS) to address this problem by removing hazardous material from former DoD properties and allowing for safe reuse. However, three decades We urge the Subcommittee to support funding of $316,587,000 in FY 2021, which is a $100,000,000 increase over the DoD Budget request, but only a $41,000,000 increase over the amount allocated by Congress in FY 2020. We respectfully respect that this increase Recently, we have seen a number of problems related to emerging contaminants, such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and the Department of Defense has been obligating funds to remediate these contaminants, often at the Congress should act to make decades-old FUDS sites littered with life-threatening explosives a thing of the past. Our constituents demand that the United States lead by example and keep their families safe. It is also imperative, in the interest of national We appreciate your consideration and look forward to working with you throughout the appropriations process to strengthen our partnership with the Department of Defense and the thousands of local communities that have been impacted.
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