[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, CHEMWEAPONS: Newport Chemical Depot reuse plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Vote on Newport Depot reuse plan set Nov. 19

By Howard Greninger
Terre Haute Tribune-Star (IN)
October 28, 2009

NEWPORT  -  Tallgrass prairie is a part of Indiana's natural history and 
some groups are hoping to retain several hundred acres of restored 
prairie as part of a master reuse plan for the Newport Chemical Depot.
The Newport Chemical Depot Reuse Authority expects to vote Nov. 19 on a 
plan that will be sent to the U.S. Army on how best to use 11 square 
miles at the former U.S. Army weapons facility that once produced and 
stored VX nerve agent in Vermillion County. The Army is to shut down the 
depot by 2011.

The Reuse Authority's responsibility is to create a plan and implement a 
strategy to convert the depot to civilian use. The five-member 
authority, appointed by Vermillion County Commissioners, this year 
conducted three public meetings as well as stakeholder meetings, which 
include local and state officials, and focus groups, such as land use 
attended by farmers and soil conservation experts.

Three plans were reviewed and a draft final preferred use plan was 
posted last week by the Reuse Authority. That plan can be viewed at 
www.necdra.com.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_301214412.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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