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[Federal Register: December 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 

Department of Defense Selection Criteria for Closing and 
Realigning Military Installations Inside the United States

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of Final Selection Criteria.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the final selection criteria that will 
be used by the Department of Defense to make recommendations that will 
be reviewed by the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Commission. The selection criteria remain unchanged from the 1991 and 
1993 base closure and realignment rounds that were published in the 
Federal Register on February 15, 1991, (56 FR 6374) and December 15, 
1992, (FR 59334), respectively.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Paul Solomon, OASD(ES)BCU, (703) 614-5356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Final Selection Criteria

    The Secretary of Defense, in accordance with the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Section 2903(b), Pub. L. 101-510, 
as amended, published in the February 15, 1991, (56 FR 6374) Federal 
Register the Final Selection Criteria to be used in making 
recommendations for the closure and realignment of military 
installations inside the United States. These final criteria became 
effective on February 15, 1991. The final criteria published at that 
time will be used again, unchanged, by the Department of Defense to 
make recommendations that will be reviewed by the 1995 Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission. The final selection criteria are as 
follows:
    In selecting military installations for closure or realignment, the 
Department of Defense, giving priority consideration to military value 
(the first four criteria below), will consider:

Military Value

    1. The current and future mission requirements and the impact on 
operational readiness of the Department of Defense's total force.
    2. The availability and condition of land, facilities and 
associated airspace at both the existing and potential receiving 
locations.
    3.The ability to accommodate contingency, mobilization, and future 
total force requirements at both the existing and potential receiving 
locations.
    4. The cost and manpower implications.

Return on Investment

    5. The extent and timing of potential costs and savings, including 
the number of years, beginning with the date of completion of the 
closure or realignment, for the savings to exceed the costs.

Impacts

    6. The economic impact on communities.
    7. The ability of both the existing and potential receiving 
communities' infrastructure to support forces, missions and personnel.
    8. The environmental impact.

B. Background Information

    The February 15, 1991, (56 FR 6374) Federal Register Notice 
contained an analysis of public comments received and a description of 
the changes DoD made to the proposed criteria published in a November 
30, 1990, (55 FR 49678) Federal Register Notice. DoD received 169 
public comments in response to the proposed criteria and request for 
comments. The proposed criteria were appropriately amended based on 
these comments. The final criteria were accepted by Congress in 1991 
and were used to make recommendations to the 1991 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission. The DoD, in a December 15, 1992, (57 FR 
59334) Federal Register Notice, announced that it would use the same 
final criteria to make recommendations to the 1993 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission. The final criteria have served the 1991 and 
1993 efforts well. They will therefore be used again, unchanged, by the 
Department of Defense to make recommendations to the 1995 Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission.

C. Previous Federal Register References

    (1) 55 FR 49678, November 30, 1990: Proposed selection criteria and 
request for comments.
    (2) 55 FR 53586, December 31, 1990: Extend comment period on 
proposed selection criteria.
    (3) 56 FR 6374, February 15, 1991: Publish selection criteria and 
analysis of comments.
    (4) 57 FR 59334, December 15, 1992: Publish selection criteria.

    Dated: November 5, 1994.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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