[CPEO-MEF] Arizona range encroachment study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Homes and the range

BY MICHELLE VOLKMANN
Yuma Sun (AZ)
April 11, 2005

Homeowners are less likely to have their windows rattled by low-flying 
jets if local officials embrace recommendations calling for no new 
development on the fringes of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, the 
commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma said.

"We, MCAS, sincerely hope this becomes a plan," Col. James Cooney said. 
"To me, that would be the best case."

Last week, Deb Sydenham, assistant director of community development for 
the Arizona Department of Commerce, presented the results from the 
department's Barry M. Goldwater Range and Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary 
Field Joint Land Use Study to the Yuma City Council and Yuma County 
Board of Supervisors.

This study, which was the first for the range, was conducted to 
coordinate a land use program for military installations, landowners, 
city and county officials.

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For the entire article, see
http://sun.yumasun.com/artman/publish/print/printer_15958.php

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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
http://www.cpeo.org


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