[CPEO-IRF] Former Norton Air Force Base's (CA) buried pipes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[It is not unusual for military bases to contain unexpected, unrecorded 
buried infrastructure, and the cost of addressing it after transfer is 
generally the obligation of the transferee. - LS]

Costs rise at ex-base grounds

NORTON: The contractor reworking the site for future Stater Bros. 
offices hits more obstacles.

By MARK KAWAR
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
October 27, 2005

The government agency rehabilitating the former Norton Air Force Base 
agreed Wednesday to pay more to the contractor preparing the base land 
for Stater Bros. Markets' new headquarters.

Because of the discovery this year of pipes on the land encased in 
concrete and asbestos, the Inland Valley Development Agency has approved 
higher payments to the contractor on four occasions, increasing the 
total payment to the firm by $1 million -- or more than 50 percent from 
the original contract.

The two Wednesday increases -- approved unanimously by the development 
agency board -- totaled $167,000.

The total value of the contract is now $3.5 million.

...

For the entire article, see 
http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_staterland27.be79e28.html

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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