The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused the Navy of failing to submit an investigation work plan for cleaning up the Jackson Park Housing Complex near Bremerton, Wash. The site contains abandoned military ordnance from an ammunition depot that operated during World Wars I and II. The Navy had converted part of the property to residential housing.

An area including the Jackson Park Housing Complex and Naval Hospital Bremerton was listed as a Superfund site in 1994 because of concerns about abandoned ordnance.

As part of its agreement with the EPA, the Navy must complete a work plan outlining steps it will take to determine whether risks still exist because of abandoned ordnance and steps that need to be taken to ensure the health and safety of the public and the environment.

The Navy was supposed to have submitted the plan to the EPA by July 27. The new date for submitting the plan is Jan. 27, 2006.