[CPEO-IRF] Fort Benning (GA) EIS

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fort Benning receives positive environmental impact statement


BY BRIAN MC DEARMON
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
December 13, 2007

Fort Benning got the go signal to begin building the roads, ranges,
barracks and other facilities needed to accommodate Base Realignment and
Closure decisions.

On Wednesday, Fort Benning announced the completion of the environmental
impact statement for BRAC, a vital step toward Benning's plans for
expansion as it absorbs the Armor Center and School, relocating from
Fort Knox, Ky.

Approval of the statement -- which shows how BRAC will affect the
natural environment and the neighboring community -- is required before
any construction can take place. The environmental impact statement
process took more than two years.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/198350.html

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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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