[CPEO-IRF] Possible reprieve for Moffett Field (CA) Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hope springs eternal for Hangar One
Navy, NASA and solar interests could conspire to save Moffett landmark

By Jon Wiener
Mountain View Voice (CA)
October 14, 2005

The future of Hangar One just got a lot brighter. Navy lawyers have 
decided that money set aside for the Moffett Field cleanup could be used 
to restore the Moffett Field landmark, according to Navy clean-up 
manager Rick Weissenborn.

Coupled with funding from NASA, the Navy money could play a large role 
in saving the hangar from demolition. It may even prove enough to 
restore the building without a solar power investor.

Wednesday, officials from the Navy, which once owned the building, told 
the Voice that they had reversed their earlier position that they could 
spend clean-up funds on only that -- cleaning up the PCBs and other 
toxins contained in the hangar's siding -- and not on restoration. But 
new Base Realignment and Closure director John Hill questioned that 
policy, referring it to legal staff, which told clean-up officials of 
its decision last week.

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For the entire article, see
http://mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_10_14.5hangar.shtml

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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