[CPEO-IRF] Town, Air Force dispute Chanute (IL) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rantoul, Air Force far apart on cleanup expenses  	  	

By TIM MITCHELL
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA NEWS-GAZETTE (IL)
January 4, 2006

RANTOUL - The village of Rantoul and the Air Force are $80 million apart 
over the cost to clean up the former Chanute Air Force Base.

In addition, it appears the village is back to square one in its efforts 
to acquire ownership of the Rantoul airport from the federal government.

Rantoul Village Administrator David Johnston told the village board 
Tuesday that the Air Force has proposed allowing a private firm take 
over the environmental cleanup work on the former base for $50 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-gazette.com/localnews/story.cfm?Number=19639

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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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