[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Chanute Air Force Base (IL) 53-acre transfer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Transfer of base property to village nears final phases


By DAVE HINTON
Rantoul Press editor
February 19, 2013

If it seems like it's taken a long time for the cleanup and transfer of property of the former Chanute Air Force Base to the village of Rantoul, it's only because it has.

The base, which was one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, closed in 1993. Twenty years later, the cleanup by the Air Force and transfer continues.

The transfer of a significant amount of additional property - including land and buildings - will take place this year and could be wrapped up in 2014.

The first transfer, of 53 acres and six buildings, should be completed this spring.

It involves airport acreage used for the Rantoul National Aviation Center and airport support.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rantoulpress.com/news/politics-and-government/2013-02-19/transfer-base-property-village-nears-final-phases.html

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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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