[CPEO-IRF] Orion Park, Moffett Field (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Orion pt. 1: Army project raises eyebrows
Environmental impacts of Moffett training center are being downplayed, 
critics claim

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
August 28, 2007

The Army's plan for a huge new training center at Moffett Field is 
drawing heavy criticism from local watchdogs, who say it fails to 
properly address the impacts of air pollution and TCE contamination.

Last month, the Army released a "draft finding of no significant impact" 
for its planned combat training center at Moffett. The 213-page report, 
authored by Tetra Tech for the Army, has drawn a volume of formal 
comments rarely seen for Moffett projects, said Bob Moss, co-chair of 
the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board.

The project will raze the vacant 360,000-square-foot Orion Park housing 
complex on Rte Jones Road -- which only two years ago was home to over 
150 families -- and replace its northern half with a 270,000-square-foot 
training center that will house 413 full-time employees and up to 735 
reservists every weekend.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=125


See also

Orion pt. 2: Moffett's ghost town
Orion Park's story is one of toxins, foot-dragging and failed housing plans

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
August 29, 2007

It seems like something out of a science fiction movie. Two years ago, 
the 450-unit Orion Park military housing complex was filled with 
families going about their busy lives.

Cut to the present day: Nothing but vacant houses and empty streets. 
Though the properties are in good condition, there's not even a "For 
sale" sign out front.

It's an eerie scene which begs the question, "What happened here?"

The short answer: The military moved its units stationed here, and the 
families were dispersed to other locations. And despite Silicon Valley's 
housing shortage, the site's 450 units will never again be used due to a 
toxic gas that is leaching from underground, and has been detected in 
four units of the complex.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=128


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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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