[CPEO-MEF] Vance Air Force Base (OK) compatible use zone

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Encroachment issues tackled by base, city

By Jeff Mullin
Enid News & Eagle (OK)
April 29, 2007

When the government was looking for a place to put a temporary military 
installation for pilot training in early 1941, Enid officials were only 
too happy to offer a plot of land south of town.

There wasn't much out there then. But there is now.

The city of Enid has grown considerably since 1941, including extending 
south and west toward what is now Vance Air Force Base. That often leads 
to concerns about safety, as well as noise.

"Vance has been flying pretty much in the same area since 1941," said 
Bob Farrell, Vance's chief of community relations. "Since that time we 
really haven't increased the size of the base, or really increased the 
size of the runways.

"It's not an issue here of us going this way, it's more of the issue of 
the community getting bigger and moving in toward the base. That's where 
conflicts start to arise."

A great deal of effort has been expended to restrict encroachment at 
military installations. Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) 
have been established in which construction is restricted to keep pilots 
in the air, and people on the ground, safe. Among the AICUZ zones are 
Accident Potential Zones, areas where an aircraft mishap is most likely 
to happen if one occurs, and noise zones.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.enidnews.com/localnews/local_story_119005521.html
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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>
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