[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monroe (VA) cleanup costs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This is a high estimate. The Defense Department has not spent $800 
million cleaning up ordnance on any present or former base. Of course, 
without smarter cleanups, holding down ordnance clearance costs could 
limit future use. - LS]

Environmental cleanup of Fort Monroe could tally $1 billion

A group studying the possible redevelopment of the Army post foresees 
legal and costly challenges.

BY TERRY SCANLON
Hampton Roads Daily Press (VA)
August 9, 2005

HAMPTON -- The group created by the City Council to guide redevelopment 
at Fort Monroe if the base closes learned Monday that the process could 
be costly and contentious.

Cleaning up unexploded weapons could cost as much as $1 billion.

Taking care of the more than 140 buildings could cost $14 million each year.

Disputes over who gets part of the land could wind up in court.

All of those present hurdles for the city's new Federal Areas 
Development Authority as it tries to blunt the economic blow if the 
Civil War-era fort closes as part of the massive military restructuring 
known as Base Realignment and Closure - or BRAC.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-64085sy0aug09,0,6625833.story?coll=dp-news-local-final


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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
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