[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Army drops Pinon Canyon proposal (at least for now)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army calls for retreat on Piñon expansion
Budgeted funds shifted to La. base

By Michael Riley
The Denver Post (CO)
May 14, 2009


WASHINGTON - The Army has given up attempts to acquire land for 
expanding the Piñon Canyon training site in the next year, shifting the 
money that had been allocated for the purpose to other uses, according 
to congressional and Army sources.

Originally, Army budget makers had planned to allocate $17 million in 
fiscal 2010 for land acquisition associated with Piñon Canyon, a line 
item consistent with public statements made by Army officials as 
recently as this month that the controversial expansion is still a priority.

But faced with a push-back from Congress and a so-far unsuccessful 
strategy focused on leasing land, that money was re allocated to 
military construction at Fort Polk, La., in the budget's final version, 
those sources said.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12364987

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