[CPEO-IRF] Lynn Haven (FL) fuel depot

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Air Force OKs land for FSU

By Ryan Burr
Bay County News Herald
May 23, 2007

The U.S. Air Force has agreed to transfer 40 acres of its Lynn Haven 
fuel depot to Florida State University for a satellite campus likely to 
offer marine research and crime scene investigation training.

A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, announced the plan 
Tuesday via conference call with Lynn Haven officials. The transfer is 
included in language of the National Defense Authorization Act, which 
the House has passed, but the Senate has yet to vote on. The city, FSU 
and Air Force have signed an agreement supporting FSU's use of the 40 
acres.

...

In 1993, the fuel depot was deactivated, having been used as a fuel 
support point for the Air Force since 1950. Ten fuel pads are left on 
the property, and in the last several years, significant environmental 
cleanup has occurred. Additional petroleum contamination must be 
removed, Smithwick said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsherald.com/headlines/article.display.php?a=1415

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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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