From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:47:57 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Another Charleston Air Force Base (SC) transfer |
North Charleston set to acquire 16 acres Property to be used for public works site BY SCHUYLER KROPF Charleston Post and Courier (SC) July 29, 2011 North Charleston set to acquire 16 acres Property to be used for public works site BY SCHUYLER KROPF Charleston Post and Courier (SC) July 29, 2011North Charleston is poised to acquire nearly 16 acres of land that once was used by the Air Force. The property, off Interstate 26 and Aviation Avenue near the Charleston Animal Society headquarters, is being transferred from the federal government without cost, as long as the city agrees to use the land for municipal purposes and to participate in any environmental cleanup. The city's cleanup cost won't exceed $500,000, and will have to pay for monitoring and other testing after the site is cleared. The 16 acres is adjacent to 37 acres the city already received from the federal government after the Charleston Naval Base and Shipyard complex closed in the 1990s. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jul/29/n-chas-set-to- acquire-16-acres/ on Twitter -- 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 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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