[CPEO-IRF] Letterkenny (PA) land transfer in question

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depot land transfer in question

By JIM HOOK
Chambersburg Public Opinion (PA)
December 1, 2006

The Army is asking for no strings attached to the land it wants to hold 
onto at Letterkenny Army Depot.

Letterkenny Army Depot commander Col. Robert Swenson has proposed that 
the installation keep 225 acres that is scheduled to transfer to the 
Letterkenny Industrial Development Authority, but the Army cannot 
guarantee that the land would be conveyed to LIDA should the 2015 base 
closure commission mothball Letterkenny. Swenson is expected to present 
his proposal to the LIDA board on Monday.

LIDA approved the deal last month - provided LIDA could negotiate 
"favorable terms" with the Army for allowing the land to stay in Army 
hands. One of the favorable terms was the no-cost conveyance back to 
LIDA in the event of Letterkenny's closing.

LIDA is creating the Cumberland Valley Business Park on about 1,350 
acres that was cut from the Army depot as a result of the 1995 Base 
Realignment and Closure Commission. About half the land has transferred 
to LIDA. The 225 acres is in the half that hasn't transferred.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_4759525

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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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