[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Bulk of Fort Monroe transfers to Virginia"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bulk of Fort Monroe transfers to Virginia
Fort Monroe Authority says agreements have not been signed


By Robert Brauchle
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
March 29, 2013

During its more than 150 year occupation of Fort Monroe, the Army  
filled in a portion of the property along Mill Creek and built a  
marina along the western wall, muddying the agreement with the state.

That new land and the marina are areas the Army says are not included  
in a clause stating the federal government will return the property  
to the state if it is not used by the military. The Army wants the  
state pay for those parcels.

Thursday's transfer does not yet appear to affect the National Park  
Monument created in November 2011 by President Barack Obama.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-fort-monroe- 
meeting-20130329,0,5288989.story

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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