[CPEO-MEF] Arizona noise

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Luke not only Arizona military base dealing with encroachment

By Carolyn Dryer
Glendale Star (AZ)
October 5, 2007

If anyone thought Luke Air Force Base and Davis-Monthan in Tucson were 
the only military installations that were balancing their mission 
capabilities with noise abatement to appease nearby residents, there is 
more disturbing news.

Auxiliary Field 1 northwest of Luke is in danger of being closed because 
of grandfathered zoning and what one member of the Governor's Military 
Affairs Commission believes is Maricopa County's position that it cannot 
override grandfathered zoning.

Arizona National Guard's (ANG) facility at Silverbell heliport in 
Marana, 30 miles northwest of Tucson, has managed to stay in operation 
because of a memorandum of understanding the ANG Adjutant General, Maj. 
Gen. David P. Rataczak, signed with the Wolfswinkel mixed-use, 
residential/commercial development interests.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.glendalestar.com/articles/2007/10/04/news/news03.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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