[CPEO-MEF] RAND study of encroachment and REPI

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

RAND Corporation Office of Media Relations
Press release
June 28, 2007

Military bases can benefit by addressing sprawl issues and biodiversity

The Defense Department's program to provide land buffers near its bases 
has been effective in relieving military training and testing operations 
from encroachment pressures, but the program's funding and activities 
should be accelerated before land development hinders future buffering 
opportunities, according to a RAND Corporation report issued today.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense asked the RAND Corporation, a 
nonprofit research organization, to assess the effectiveness of the 
department's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) 
and recommend ways to improve the program.

Started in 2003, REPI was created to assist military bases, which 
perform operations such as exercise and testing, with "encroachment" 
issues that threaten their overall readiness, training, and testing 
capabilities. Encroachment refers to factors such as suburban sprawl, 
complaints of noise and air pollution, threatened and endangered 
species, competition for air space and radio frequency, and water 
quality and supply.

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For the entire press release, see
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/rc-mbc062707.php

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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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Fax: 650/961-8918
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