V
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1952
For the relief of the R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Incorporated.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of the R.E. Goodson Construction Company,
Incorporated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the R.E. Goodson Construction Company,
Inc., a South Carolina corporation, entered into a
subcontract for grading and filling a State highway,
to be known as the Carolina Bays Parkway, in
Horry County, near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina;
(2) for the purpose of excavating fill dirt, R.E.
Goodson Construction Company acquired a tract of
392 acres in Horry County, South Carolina, from
International Paper Realty Corporation at a price of
$2,400,000;
(3) R.E. Goodson Construction Company was
not informed that the tract it purchased is a For-
merly Used Defense Site, and was once part of the
Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range;
(4) when R.E. Goodson Construction Company
began excavating fill dirt from the tract it pur-
chased, it began discovering parts of munitions, in-
cluding a 250-pound bomb that had never detonated,
which was uncovered on April 1, 2000;
(5) the bomb found by R.E. Goodson Construc-
tion Company was removed by an Army munitions
unit and the Army Corps of Engineers was notified;
(6) the Corps of Engineers inspected the site
and acknowledged its responsibility to clear the
tract, but informed R.E. Goodson Construction
Company that it would undertake the work through
a contractor, and that the contractor could not begin
work before July 6, 2000;
(7) R.E. Goodson Construction Company could
not find fill dirt in sufficient quantities elsewhere
and was compelled to begin excavating fill dirt in
order to comply with its contract and avoid substan-
tial penalties;
(8) R.E. Goodson Construction Company en-
gaged USA Environmental, Inc., the same firm that
the Corps of Engineers intended to engage to clear
the tract, and on May 17, 2000, USA Environ-
mental, Inc. began work;
(9) during the clearance operations, USA Envi-
ronmental, Inc. found and disposed of the following
ordnance remains: eighty-eight AN-M54 thermate-
filled, 4-pound incendiary bombs, two M1A1 spotting
charges from 100-pound practice bombs, four 5-inch
high velocity aircraft rocket warheads, and over
4,300 pounds of scrap;
(10) for its services, which were completed on
June 10, 2000, USA Environmental, Inc. rendered
a statement to R.E. Goodson Construction Company
in the amount of $84,941.00;
(11) beginning in September, 2000, the Corps
of Engineers undertook the continued clearing of the
site, also under contract with USA Environmental,
Inc., and anticipates completion of the clearance by
May 1, 2002;
(12) R.E. Goodson Construction Company has
requested reimbursement from the Corps of Engi-
neers, but has been informed that the Corps lacks
the authority to make such a reimbursement; and
(13) the Corps of Engineers acknowledges its li-
ability for clean-up of the site as a Formerly Used
Defense Site, and does not contest the amount
charged by USA Environmental, Inc. under its con-
tract with R.E. Goodson Construction Company.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any
money not otherwise appropriated, to R.E. Goodson Con-
struction Company, Inc., a South Carolina corporation,
$84,941 for ordnance and explosive clearance performed
in 2000 for the Army Corps of Engineers at the former
Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range in Conway, South
Carolina.
SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The payment under section 2 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of all claims of or on behalf of R.E. Goodson Con-
struction Company, Inc., against the United States or
against any other officer, employee, or agent of the United
States acting within the scope of employment or agency,
for payment for the services described in section 2.
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