بيد أن هناك مسألة هامة لم تحل بعد تتمثل في الطلب الذي قدمته حكومة برمودا إلى حكومة الولايات المتحدة لتقوم بتنظيف المناطق التي لوثتها أثناء وجودها العسكري في الجزيرة.
The economic disruptions caused by the base closings for the most part seem to have been absorbed. Yet an important issue was the request made by the Government of Bermuda to the Government of the United States requesting the latter to clean up the areas of the island that it had polluted during its military presence.