[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Brunswick Naval Air Station (ME) redevelopment stalled

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Airport redevelopment stalls
Operator hired for Brunswick airfield, but environmental study lags

By Seth Koenig
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
January 20, 2010

BATH - The panel in charge of the civilian redevelopment of Brunswick 
Naval Air Station on Tuesday chose a company to offer fuel and aircraft 
maintenance on the base, but only after learning its plans for a 
civilian airport have been dealt a setback.

The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board of directors Tuesday 
voted unanimously to authorize Executive Director Steve Levesque to 
negotiate and enter into a contract with FlightLevel Aviation to become 
the Brunswick airfield's resident fixed base operator.

The decision to tap Norwood, Mass.-based FlightLevel Aviation to manage 
refueling, maintenance and aircraft services after the Navy surrenders 
the airfield for civilian reuse marked a milestone in the board's 
efforts to establish a civilian airport in Brunswick.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2010/01/20/news/doc4b5735d5dc68c141897078.txt

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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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