[CPEO-MEF] Former Tonopah Army Airfield (NV)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tonopah has the right stuff: airspace

By PHILLIP GOMEZ
Pahrump Valley Times (NV)
March 10, 2006

The old Tonopah Army airfield and practice bombing range could see some 
economic redevelopment now that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has 
gotten the lead out - and Nye County is getting the infrastructure in.

That's lead from .50-cal. machine gun bullets, unexploded bombs and 
other ordnance that have contaminated the soils and pose a hazard to 
humans venturing onto the base eight miles east of Tonopah in the 
Ralston Valley.

The old World War II-era airfield is one of a few small, general 
aviation airports in the state with a through East-West flight corridor 
for non-military aircraft. Pilots have to maneuver around the state's 
several large "military operations areas," restricted flight zones and 
"special military activity" zones as they often do elsewhere in Nevada, 
said Joni Eastley, District II commissioner on the Nye County Board of 
Commissioners. Tonopah is part of Eastley's large geographic district.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/03/10/news/tonopah.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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