EconDefense
IND-52 / Energy, environment and communities

Fund cleanup and contract/cooperate for defense environmental remediation

Carry out Defense Environmental Restoration Program, including offsite contamination and eligible former/Guard sites; obtain services from agencies, tribes, owners of covenant property and conservation nonprofits.

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Authority / instrument · IND-52

Environmental restoration

Energy, environment and communities

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; designated OSD program office

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cannot reimburse regulatory enforcement through §2701(d)

Recorded executor

USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedEnvironmental restoration/BRAC and other legally available accounts; §2703 restrictions apply. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedUSACE publishes FUDS eligibility and cleanup procedures, with 2026 response actions and continuing review examples; cleanup completion cannot be inferred from one excavation phase. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-52 · Contracts & purchases

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; designated OSD program office

Contracts & purchasesCooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

USACE publishes FUDS eligibility and cleanup procedures, with 2026 response actions and continuing review examples; cleanup completion cannot be inferred from one excavation phase.

Defense Environmental Restoration: Formerly Used Defense Sites

Who this route serves
Eligible former defense properties and affected stakeholders; cleanup contractors through procurement
Administering office / routing lead
Army as lead agent; USACE geographic district and supporting technical centers; environmental regulators
Direct implementation

USACE’s program account identifies § 2701 and delegated Army/USACE execution.

What this evidence label means
2026 actions documented

Buxton excavation ended May 28, 2026, with additional sampling anticipated; Waikoloa’s five-year review was signed May 22.

Status reference date: 2026-06-02 · research checked 2026-10-04

USACE wraps up current Buxton FUDS excavation · May 28, 2026 excavation completion and planned further samplingofficial agency project-status news · published 2026-06-02 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

  • Use preliminary assessment to establish property/project eligibility, then the applicable investigation, remedy and public-involvement process.

    Huntsville Center FUDS program fact sheet · Program Development, delegated USACE execution, Preliminary Assessment and response stagesofficial program guidance · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • environmental-restoration appropriations · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    DERP/FUDS appropriations fund eligible government cleanup; the statute does not create unrestricted compensation for private development.

    10 U.S.C. § 2701 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 2701statute · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

  • CERCLA/regulatory responsibilities, remedy protectiveness and land-use controls remain; completion of an interim removal is not final site closure.

    USACE Waikoloa fifth five-year review notice · Review signed May 22, 2026; CERCLA purpose and information repositoryofficial regulatory public notice · published 2026-06-02 · Evidence record

Authority relationship source

Huntsville Center FUDS program fact sheet · Program Development, delegated USACE execution, Preliminary Assessment and response stagesofficial program guidance · Evidence record

FUDS program and assessment process →

program/site-routing guidance: Identify the responsible district and property eligibility; not a general reimbursement grant to every landowner.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Read FUDS implementing guidance and2026 Buxton/ Waikoloa records; distinguished eligibility, interim actions, monitoring and final remedy status.

What remains unverified

  • No site-specific FY 2026 allocation, approved remedy cost or PFAS determination obtained; military-operation history alone does not establish all cleanup eligibility.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Defense-related site/response responsibility
  • Consult EPA; CERCLA federal-facility requirements
  • Reimbursement agreement generally no more than2years except BRAC
  • FY26 PFAS destruction/disposal technologies must be cost-effective and regulator-permitted/approved

Limits & exclusions

  • Cannot reimburse regulatory enforcement through §2701(d)
  • Agreement cannot change legal cleanup standards
  • Not universal environmental waiver

Funding conditions

  • Environmental restoration/BRAC and other legally available accounts; §2703 restrictions apply.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff
  • Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy

Resources

  • Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor

Approval

  • Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official

Execution

  • USACE district real-estate/construction offices
  • NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands
  • AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Partners & review

  • Landowners / developers / local governments
  • Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedEnvironmental restoration/BRAC and other legally available accounts; §2703 restrictions apply. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedUSACE publishes FUDS eligibility and cleanup procedures, with 2026 response actions and continuing review examples; cleanup completion cannot be inferred from one excavation phase. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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