[CPEO-MEF] Edwards Air Force Base (CA) munitions response - by air

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Edwards begins second phase of site evaluation for non-operational ranges
	


by Gary Hatch
95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs/Edwards Air Force Base
June 12, 2007

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- During the coming weeks, Edwards will 
be using a low-flying civilian helicopter as part of the second phase of 
its site evaluation for the areas on base identified as non-operational 
ranges -- the occupied areas of the base and their immediate surroundings.

This action is part of the base's effort to comply with the Air Force's 
Military Munitions Response Program and is a cooperative effort with the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The helicopter will make passes as low as five feet off the ground to 
complete a geophysical magnetometer survey. These low passes will be 
made only over areas of undeveloped desert, and the helicopter will stay 
well away from buildings and power lines.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123056791

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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