[CPEO-MEF] Utah Test and Training Range

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Desert is Hill's ace in the hole
Base closure process: The training range strengthens the Utah facility's
hand, yet it won't guarantee survival 

By Christopher Smith 
The Salt Lake Tribune 
November 26, 2004

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Pentagon owns more than 1,100 pieces of real estate
in Utah, from a rusting viewing platform for Cold War-era missile
launches near Green River to gargantuan repair hangars at Hill Air Force
Base, where some of the military's most sophisticated weapons systems
are fine-tuned. 

But in the eyes of the Department of Defense official directing the
analysis for the 2005 round of base closures, the most valuable piece of
military property in the state may be a blank, withered void bigger than
Delaware: The Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) west of Salt Lake City.

"Training areas are huge expanses of land with no buildings," said Ray
DuBois, deputy undersecretary of Defense for installations and
environment. "I like that."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2473558

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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
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