The United States Army (Army) is in the process of transferring various parcels of the former Fort Ord military installation (Fort Ord) to the City or to other entities within the City’s land use jurisdiction. Some parcels of the former Fort Ord were contaminated with unexploded ordnance and explosives (UXO), which is a hazardous waste. The Army will not transfer those parcels until it has completed response actions for UXO as required by law. Even following the Army’s completion of UXO response actions, it is possible that some UXO materials may remain on those parcels. The California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has statutory responsibility to oversee cleanup of releases of hazardous substances, which includes hazardous waste. DTSC cannot certify that all UXO has been cleared and has considered requiring land use restrictions that will be recorded with the Monterey County recorder. The City believes that recorded land use restrictions would burden the title of those parcels and present economic disincentives to develop them. The City and DTSC desire that sufficient controls and restrictions be placed on these parcels to protect the public health, safety and in a manner equivalent to that resulting from recordation of land use restrictions.