The adjacent facilities were officially combined by the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission has placed it on a list of sites that could be closed to save money.
The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted to close two huge shipyards.
The panel, formally known as the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, is to hold its first meeting next Wednesday.
A new Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission approved the proposal, which went into effect when Congress accepted it as a package.
The recommendation now goes to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission, which is to hold a hearing on July 6 in Boston.
Thirty-four other additions to the list were also announced in Washington by the panel, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
These are the members of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission:
The recommendations of the panel, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, now go to Congress for approval, which is expected.
The Army finally shut it down in 1999, at the behest of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.