[CPEO-IRF] Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One and the State Historic Preservation office

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Another possible savior for Hangar One

by Daniel Debolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
September 28, 2007

The effort to save Hangar One may get a hand from a state office that so 
far has been relatively invisible on the local level.

Representatives from the Office of Historic Preservation recently 
visited Moffett Field's Hangar One, and director Wayne Donaldson said 
the visit made him more determined than ever to save the "spectacular 
piece of engineering."

The Navy must consult with Donaldson's office when it announces whether 
it will demolish the hangar this November. If Donaldson and his staff 
believe their consultation is "not treated in a serious manner," the 
matter will then be picked up by the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation [ACHP], a federal body that could have the final word on 
the hangar.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/story.php?story_id=184

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The article may overstate the authority of the ACHP. The Navy wrote, in 
its May 2006 Draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for Hangar One:

"If the Navy is unable to resolve adverse effects to the satisfaction of 
the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and Advisory Council 
Historic Preservation (ACHP), it will take their comments into account 
and address them in Responsiveness  Summaries in a manner consistent 
with the substantive requirements of [the National Historic Preservation 
Act]."  (page 3-22)

Lenny

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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