[CPEO-MEF] Group aims to halt Yuba development

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Yuba County, California
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Group aims to halt Yuba development
May challenge environmental report for subdivision plan
Rob Young
Appeal-Democrat

Challenging an upcoming environmental impact report might be the best 
way to stop the proposed Yuba Highlands development northeast of Beale 
Air Force Base, an environmental activist said Monday.

Lenny Siegel of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight in 
Mountain View spoke to about 50 people at the first meeting of Yuba 
Citizens Against Poor Planning at the Yuba County Library in Marysville.

Yuba Highlands eventually could put 5,100 houses between the base and 
the Spenceville Wildlife Preserve.

Since the Yuba County Board of Supervisors can approve the project 
regardless of what the environmental impact report says about the 
project, challenging the report itself might be the best strategy, 
Siegel said.

"Delay can kill a project," said Siegel, who also suggested circulating 
petitions.

"You don't have to reinvent democracy. It's there," he said.

The report is expected in March.

Two officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could be 
decades before the corp finishes removing unexploded ammunition from 
65,000 acres around Beale, including the 2,900 acres that would comprise 
Yuba Highlands.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/022503/022503Yuba.shtml

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