[CPEO-MEF] Hunters Point Shipyard Agreement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

S.F. Signs Shipyard Pact with Navy 
Navy Gives S.F. Land to Build at Shipyard 
Agreement Adds $50 million for Cleanup 

Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Thursday, January 24, 2002 
©2002 San Francisco Chronicle 


Washington -- Navy Secretary Gordon England and San Francisco Mayor
Willie Brown signed an agreement yesterday that gives the city its first
parcel of land for development at Hunters Point shipyard, vowing that
despite many earlier misfires, the accord finally begins the
transformation of the 500-acre former naval facility. 

The big difference, the two men said in the Capitol offices of San
Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the new House minority whip, is that the
accord contains $50.6 million approved by Congress to clean up much of
the heavily polluted base and make it fit for people to live and work
there. 

Another difference, Pelosi and Brown said, is that the new plan was
created with more community input, including from San Francisco
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, who represents the area, and environmental
activists. 

The accord, a follow-up to an agreement signed in November 2000, also
pledges the city and the Navy to a conflict-resolution process over the
cleanup and putting pieces of the base in city hands.  

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For the entire story, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/24/MN203363.DTL 


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
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