The final form regulation includes various minor wording, format changes, and technical corrections. All issues remain the same as discussed at the July 9 th meeting. The DoD functions as a coordinating agency between the various branches of the military. The military has approximately 1,076 sites within the Commonwealth which could include clusters of them within a base itself. Pennsylvania is the first state that has a comprehensive inventory of military sites in the country.
Scheduled sites are sites where no remediation was accomplished.
Deferred sites are sites that are cleaned up and managed under a different set of requirements. The third group of sites, called study program sites, are sites that the DoD claims are cleaned up to their specifications. Paul Hess asked how the levels of remediation are set, and whether they will get funding to honor the agreement. Charlie Cole asked how this agreement affects ongoing cleanups like the Naval Yard. Pat Imperato asked whether these cleanups will affect disposal capacity in the state.