[CPEO-MEF] Maryland encroachment legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Real Estate Disclosure Bill Will Help Navy, Address Growth

Bill seeks to shield military from complaints by homeowners who are 
impacted by loud noise from military sites in Maryland

Commentary by Maryland Senator Roy Dyson
Southern Maryland Online
June 23, 2006

...

We are lucky in Southern Maryland to have Patuxent River Naval Air 
Station, a nearly $3 billion economic engine for our region in 
particular and the state as a whole.

One issue that is of concern to many is that out-of-control growth in 
Southern Maryland will encroach near the base forcing the Pentagon to 
look at whether they should continue full operations, as we know them at 
Pax River. We need to protect Pax River as it is in order for our 
thriving economy to survive in Southern Maryland.

For the past two years, I introduced legislation that was requested by 
officials from Pax River. This legislation, which passed into law 
without the governor’s signature, helps address the issue of 
encroachment around the base.

...

For the entire article, see
http://somd.com/news/headlines/articles/3994.shtml

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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