[CPEO-IRF] Otis Air Guard Base (MA) and the Coast Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[The U.S. Coast Guard is a major user of the runways at Otis Air
National Guard Base (MA), so the proposed "closure" of Otis would simply
mean that operational costs would be shifted within the federal
government. I have seen no analysis thus far of Otis property that might
be declared surplus - that is, available for transfer to non-federal
entities. - LS]


Lawmakers slam base closure team

By KEVIN DENNEHY
Cape Cod Times
June 29, 2005

The Cape's federal delegation charged this week that Air Force brass
never consulted the Coast Guard when deciding whether to close Otis Air
National Guard Base.

During a meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, Air Guard leaders
conceded there was no "meaningful" discussions between the two services
even though both share the Otis airfield, said U.S. Rep. William
Delahunt, D-Mass., the Cape's congressman.

If they had, Delahunt said, Pentagon leaders would have known the Coast
Guard would have to absorb the $15 million to $25 million annual costs
of maintaining the airfield.

And, he said, they would have known the Coast Guard can't afford it.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/lawmakersslam29.htm 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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