[CPEO-IRF] Camp Bonneville (WA) "early" transfer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military training ground gets new lease on life
Property transfer - After an ordnance cleanup, Camp Bonneville could 
become a park and a veterans cemetery

BILL STEWART and ALLAN BRETTMAN
The Oregonian
October 4, 2006

VANCOUVER -- Camp Bonneville could be ready for transformation into 
public use about a century after it began as a site for military maneuvers.

With the blessing of Gov. Chris Gregoire, Clark County commissioners on 
Tuesday approved the early transfer of the former military training 
ground from the U.S. Army to a nonprofit corporation. Bonneville 
Conservation, Restoration and Renewal Team could begin work by the end 
of October to investigate and clean up unexploded ordnance on the camp's 
more than 3,000 acres.

Tuesday's action was perhaps the most significant step toward a second 
life for the property. The first step took place in 1995, when the 
military placed it on its Base Realignment and Closure list as surplus 
property.

The transfer is "early" because similar transfers typically occur after 
cleanup.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/metronorth/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/115993053687010.xml&coll=7

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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