2005 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 25 Feb 2005 19:02:13 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Camp Beale (CA) development
 
Deadline delayed on Yuba plan

By Tom Nadeau 
Sacramento Bee (CA)
February 25, 2005

MARYSVILLE - Planning officials have given the public an extra 45 days
to comment on the controversial Yuba Highlands project, but only in
writing. 

The Yuba County Planning Commission voted Wednesday to extend the
deadline to comment on the draft environmental impact report to May 2.
The vote came at a packed meeting with about 80 people turning out, most
to criticize the project. 

The proposed project calls for 5,000 homes to be built on 2,900 acres of
former Beale Air Force Base [actually, it's former Camp Beale, adjacent
to Beale Air Force Base] land between Wheatland and Smartsville. 

Speakers said the 600-page draft EIR had not adequately addressed
important issues including what the developers plan to do about the
unexploded ordnance that remains scattered around the area. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/12451867p-13308055c.html


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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
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