[CPEO-MEF] TRIBES, REUSE; Aquidneck Island (RI) transfer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Extension sought on Navy land

By Richard Salit
Providence Journal (RI)
July 14, 2009

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has requested an extension of a federal 
deadline in its quest to acquire, for free, surplus Navy land on 
Aquidneck Island for two area tribes.

The bureau, unable to meet last Friday's deadline to turn in an 
application, requested an additional 30 days to complete the submission 
on behalf of the Narragansett Indians and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay 
Head, on Martha's Vineyard.

Naval Station Newport is looking to dispose of about 260 acres in 
Newport, Portsmouth and Middletown, including many parcels on 
Narragansett Bay or with views of the water.

The Navy is requiring that it receive fair market value for the 
properties - many of which have some degree of contamination - and that 
any federal agency that seeks to acquire them accept them in as-is 
condition. As a result, Indian Affairs, while seeking an exception to 
the fair-market-value requirement, asked in a letter to the Navy for an 
appraisal of the value of the properties and an environmental assessment 
of them.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.projo.com/news/content/TRIBES_SEEK_NAVY_LAND_07-14-09_M5F1N7R_v7.37d559a.html

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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
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