[CPEO-IRF] Oceana Naval Air Station (VA) after the ruling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Despite ruling, officials say Oceana to stay

By DALE EISMAN
The Virginian-Pilot
May 25, 2006

WASHINGTON — Despite a Pentagon ruling that they've failed to meet a 
federal demand for reducing development around Oceana Naval Air Station, 
state and Virginia Beach officials joined the area's congressional 
delegation Wednesday in saying the fight to save the base is far from over.

Oceana "will be in operation in my judgment for another decade," said 
U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va .

Locating and preparing an alternate site for the base's 200-plus fighter 
jets and the people who fly and maintain them will take at least that 
long, he said - if it can be done at all .

There are signs that Warner's optimism is well-founded. In Florida, 
where the site of a former Navy base has been identified as an 
alternative location for Ocean's jets, Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton 
reiterated that his city does not want the Navy to return.

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For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=104983&ran=112686&tref=po

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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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