Re: [CPEO-IRF] Refineries

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proposal would convert closed bases to oil refineries

Marlena Hartz: Freedom Newspapers
Portales News-Tribune (NM)
September 30, 2005

A state representative from Pennsylvania is trying to turn BRAC-list 
military bases into oil refineries.

Though Cannon Air Force Base may be an ideal spot for a refinery 
according to his criteria, he never suggested oil come specifically to 
Cannon, said Derek Karchner, communication director for Rep. Joe Pitts, 
R.-Pa.

“We haven’t been using specific names, just throwing out a handful of 
bases that are on the BRAC list that would be good sites,” Karchner said.

Pitts, a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee member, believes the 
refinery initiative could ease recent gas pump burdens.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pntonline.com/engine.pl?station=portales&template=storyfull.html&id=6070


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Lenny Siegel
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