[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Keep Fort Ord [CA] Wild sues Reuse Authority

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Environmental Coalition Sues Fort Ord LRA over Cleanup Funds

By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY
Monterey Herald (CA)
March 18, 2012

Open space advocates filed suit Monday to get an accounting of how  
the Fort Ord Reuse Authority spent nearly $100 million in federal money.

Keep Fort Ord Wild is asking a judge to compel FORA to release  
documents it first requested under the Public Records Act in  
December. Molly Erickson, attorney for the group, said FORA responded  
with incomplete records and said it does not have or has destroyed  
the rest.

At issue is a $99.3 million grant, the Environmental Services  
Cooperative Agreement, issued in 2007 for cleanup of munitions and  
explosives on Fort Ord.

The records supplied say the majority of the money, $82.1 million,  
purchased an "environmental insurance policy." Erickson said FORA  
representatives said they did not have a copy of the policy and  
didn't have a right to request one unless a claim were filed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20109825/lawsuit-seeks- 
accounting-fort-ord-resuse-authority-money

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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