[CPEO-MEF] Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Senate facing Pinon Canyon decision

By PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN (CO)
September 5, 2007

The Senate returned from the August recess Tuesday and the very first 
item of business it is facing is the 2008 military construction 
appropriations bill and what effect it could have on the Army's plan to 
expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.

Senators are expected to vote on the construction bill this week but the 
focus for ranchers in Southeastern Colorado is on Sens. Ken Salazar, 
D-Colo., and Wayne Allard, R-Colo., and whatever amendments they may 
offer on Pinon Canyon.

The Pinon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition - a group of about 1,000 
ranchers, business people and other organizations - want one or both of 
the senators to block the expansion by supporting the House version of 
the military construction bill. It includes an amendment that would 
prohibit the Army from spending any money on expanding Pinon Canyon next 
year.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1188980272/1

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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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