[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside (TX) and Pascagoula (MS) too

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate agrees to land return

Port likely will get 922 acres for free from NS Ingleside

By Fanny S. Chirinos
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
December 23, 2005


Like the U.S. House earlier this week, the Senate has agreed to allow 
the Coastal Bend to reclaim Naval Station Ingleside at no cost. The 
president's signature would be the final step to ensure approval.

The transfer of base ownership is tucked inside next year's defense 
appropriations bill, approved by the Senate late Wednesday. The House 
approved the bill Monday. Chris Paulitz, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Kay 
Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said he expects the bill to arrive on the 
president's desk and be signed no later than today.

The provision forces the Navy to return 922 of more than 1,000 acres of 
the Ingleside base to the Port of Corpus Christi. The port originally 
deeded the acreage to the Navy on the condition that ownership would 
return to the port if the Navy moved out. The Navy bought the remaining 
155 acres after the base opened. Port officials have said they are 
interested in those acres.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4337577,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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