[CPEO-MEF] McChord Air Force Base (WA) "clear" zones

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bill aids McChord ‘clear zone’

Plan gives Air Force money to buy land as developments sprout near bases

LES BLUMENTHAL
News Tribune
May 4, 2006

WASHINGTON - A House defense bill provides funding the Air Force could 
tap to help acquire property where development is encroaching on McChord 
Air Force Base and other installations, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, said 
Wednesday.

The House version of the Defense Authorization Bill includes $50 million 
for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative. The money 
would be available to all military branches. While none of it is 
earmarked for McChord, the bill specifically mentions the base and three 
others where the funding might be used.

The House Armed Services Committee was expected to approve the bill late 
Wednesday. Smith, a member of the committee, had worked to get the 
funding and reference to McChord in the measure.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5713398p-5116742c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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