[CPEO-IRF] Cornhusker Ammo Plant (NE)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Committee seeking proposals on CAAP land


By Tracy Overstreet
Grand Island Independent (NE)
November 27, 2007

There's a lot of interest in 1,750 acres of unsold land at the defunct 
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, so written proposals will be taken to 
sell the land.

The Hall County Reuse Committee heard Monday from Tom Baxter, DTE Rail 
Services, Heritage Disposal and Storage, Mike Panowicz and William Leiser.

All expressed interest in all or parts of the acreage that comprised 
Load Lines 2, 3, and 4. The acreage was designated in 2001 to be sold to 
Nebraska Public Power District, but NPPD announced Oct. 22 it would 
surrender the designation because it no longer needed the acreage for a 
future coal-fired power plant.

That surrender was untimely for the Army Corps of Engineers, which owns 
the former Cornhusker land.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/11272007/new_caapland27.shtml

See also
County ratifies call for CAAP proposals

By Tracy Overstreet
Grand Island Independent (NE)
November 28, 2007

The Hall County board on Tuesday unanimously ratified a recommendation 
from the Hall County Reuse Committee to take written proposals on 
selling 1,750 acres at the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant.

But the county also voted to begin work on submitting its own proposal 
to buy the land. Only Supervisor Bud Jeffries opposed that pursuit.

Supervisor Dan Wagoner suggested the county look into acquiring the 
property a sentiment shared by Hall County board Chairman Scott Arnold 
and Supervisor Pam Lancaster.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/11282007/new_caap28.shtml


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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>
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