[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: County buffer-zone agreement for Robins Air Force Base (GA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bibb, Houston form pact to buy land encroaching on Robins Air Force Base

BY MIKE STUCKA
Macon Telegraph (GA)
July 7, 2010

An effort to fix a Robins Air Force Base problem officially went 
regional Tuesday.

Bibb County commissioners agreed Tuesday to work with Houston County, 
the state and the federal government to buy property "encroaching" on 
the base by being in a noise zone. The agreement also sets the stage for 
other governments to consider joining the pact, Bibb County Commission 
Chairman Sam Hart said.

The agreement sets up a plan for counties to share in any taxes or 
profits from properties bought to reduce the encroachment. Hart said 
counties such as Peach, Monroe, Twiggs and Pulaski could agree "to 
participate proportionate to their number of employees" at the base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.macon.com/2010/07/07/1187425/bibb-houston-form-pact-to-buy.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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