[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE - Brunwsick Naval Air Station (ME) contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

BNAS redevelopment board frets over clean-up expense

Brunswick Times Record (ME)
February 20, 2008

HARPSWELL - Without a quorum, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment 
Authority was unable to take action on any agenda items at their meeting 
Tuesday, and instead heard a presentation on environmental insurance, 
liable to become an important factor during the closure of Brunswick 
Naval Air Station and transfer of that property.

Linda Belke-Picha of March & McLellan in Minneapolis told the board that 
environmental issues are "very, very common" when redevelopment of a 
property is undertaken, in part because environmental laws weren't in 
place until the 1970s. On former military properties, she said MECs — 
"munitions and explosives of concern" — and UXOs — "unexploded 
ordinances" — may also be present.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/AF347C4AEF0BF3A0052573F50064F722?Opendocument

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