[CPEO-IRF] Air Guard decisions thus far

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Even  as a federal court threw at least a temporary wrench in Air Force
plans to closure a number of Air National Guard installations without
support of the host governor, the Base Realignment and Closure
Commission approved major Air Guard closures on Cape Cod, Massachusetts 
(Otis ANG Base), Bradley Field (Hartford, CT), and Lambert Field (St.
Louis, MO). However, the Commission voted to keep the Yeager Field
(Charleston, WV) unit intact.

I don't have a complete list of Air Guard decisions, but the Commission
is working well into the night.

In some cases, the Commission changed the destination of closing units,
moving, for example, planes from Otis to within the state to Westfield.

Though Otis is the BRAC 2005 base with the largest toxic cleanup
program, it's not clear what the closure decision means for remediation
there. Otis cleanup goals are driven by groundwater issues that are
largely unrelated to the property's use, and it's unclear whether the
Coast Guard will take over the operation of the airfield there. It's
currently a major user of the Otis runways.

Lenny
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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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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