Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)

The 1991 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC91) recommended that Fort Ord be closed and troops of the 7th Infantry Division (Light) be relocated to Fort Lewis, Washington.  As part of that action, the Army prepared several documents that identify future land uses for Fort Ord following closure.  The BRAC section of this web site identifies the principal sources of information and documents prepared by the Army under the BRAC action; these documents were used in this Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study to identify future land use scenarios at Fort Ord.  The future land use scenarios were used to form the basis for appropriate exposure assumptions in conducting the risk assessments and for the feasibility studies.

The principal documents used in establishing these future land uses include the Army's Environmental Impact Statement prepared to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Army's Installation-wide Multi Species Habitat Management Plan (HMP) prepared to comply with the Endangered Species Act, the local community's draft reuse plan prepared by Fort Ord Reuse Authority, and the results of the real estate screening process.

Although Fort Ord was closed in September 1994, the Army retained approximately 5 percent of the property for a Presidio of Monterey (POM) annex and reserve center.  The annex, called Ord Military Community, is on a 785-acre parcel near Gigling Road and General Jim Moore Boulevard.  The Army retained a 12-acre parcel near Imjin Gate at Reservation Road for continued use as an Army reserve center.