[CPEO-IRF] Oceana's (VA) incompatible businesses

["lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Incentives plan proposed to make risk zone BRAC friendly

By JON W. GLASS
The Virginian-Pilot
March 11, 2006


VIRGINIA BEACH - In their bid to save the jets at Oceana Naval Air Station,
city officials have crafted a plan to eliminate incompatible businesses in
high-risk areas around the base.

Under the plan, property owners would get incentives to convert existing
incompatible businesses or to open new commercial ventures that the Navy
considers compatible in Accident Potential Zone 1.

Business operators in the Clear Zone, the highest-risk area for a jet
crash, would be offered incentives to relocate.

City Manager Jim Spore said Friday the plan is an innovative attempt to
address the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission's mandate to
"roll back" incompatible development around Oceana or risk losing its
fighter jets.

...

For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=100902&ran=141835

-- 
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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