[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Centerville Naval Facility (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
August 8, 2008

Navy and BLM to Begin Restoration of Centerville

The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management today signed an 
agreement to begin restoration of the lands at the former Centerville 
Naval Facility near the community of Ferndale, Humboldt County.

The Navy will begin demolition of the old buildings on site later this 
year, beginning with the largest near the cliff overlooking the Pacific. 
 This work will be accomplished with $3 million congressional funding 
obtained by Rep. Mike Thompson and appropriated by Congress in last 
year's Defense budget.

BLM's role will be to provide protection of the site's perimeter while 
Navy completes the site restoration work over the next year or two as 
additional funding is obtained.  Cost of complete restoration is 
estimated at about $8 million.

The 42-acre site, formerly used as a submarine tracking facility dating 
back to World War II, presently contains 31 buildings that have fallen 
into disrepair.  Under the agreement, once the buildings are removed, 
Navy will transfer the land to BLM as authorized by Congress under 
legislation sponsored by Rep. Thompson in 2002.  The BLM plans to 
incorporate the land into its Lost Coast Headlands project, involving 
about 500 acres of scenic property overlooking the rugged Pacific Coast. 
  Initiated in 2000, the project is an effort to consolidate scenic 
lands in the area for public use and enjoyment.  The California Coastal 
Conservancy, the California Wildlife Conservation Board and The 
Conservation Fund have been working cooperatively with BLM on the project.

The former Centerville Naval Facility property will be an important part 
of the Lost Coast Headlands acquisitions, providing the public with new 
access to beaches and coastal streams.  It will help preserve the area 
in a natural state, by protecting it from residential subdivision or 
commercial development.

-BLM-




For the original press release, see
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/august/NCNews0882_Cedarville_MOU.html

--


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



_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org