[CPEO-IRF] Maine senators want Pentagon to donate shuttered bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I have been expecting a proposal like this all along. Though there 
aren't many major closures, I expect those representing states and 
districts to win sympathy votes from other Senators and Representatives. 
- LS]

Maine senators want Pentagon to donate shuttered bases

By Megan Scully
Congress Daily
November 7, 2005

Maine's senators plan to introduce an amendment to the fiscal 2006 
defense authorization bill that would require the Defense Department to 
give military property scheduled for closure to local redevelopment 
authorities.

Under this year's base-closure process, the Pentagon may, among other 
options, auction off defense property -- a move that would help the 
military recoup some of the environmental cleanup and other costs 
associated with closure. The amendment would require the Pentagon to 
first offer the property to the community before seeking private developers.

"This amendment focuses on one goal: to allow the communities that are 
losing the personal and economic relationships with their military 
neighbors, through closure or realignment, every opportunity to control 
their own destiny," according to a Friday "Dear Colleague" signed by 
Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both R-Maine.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=32763&dcn=todaysnews

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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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