[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: $2 million sought for Langley Air Force Base (VA) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Municipalities want $2 million to create Langley buffer
State funds would help buy land surrounding base

By Robert Brauchle
Daily Press (VA)
March 2, 2012

HAMPTON - A contingent of Peninsula state senators has submitted  
legislation to the General Assembly requesting $2 million be added to  
the 2012 budget to help area municipalities buy land encroaching on  
Langley Air Force Base's safety zone.

Area officials believe the buffer will help stave off anticipated  
Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission closures by proving  
the base is safe for military objectives.

"The urgency of solving the Langley Air Force base encroachment issue  
is a no-brainer when one considers the massive $1.2 billion economic  
impact that Langley AFB has on the Hampton Roads region," Senate  
Majority Leader Thomas K. "Tommy" Norment, R-James City County, said  
in a news release.

...

For the entire article, see
http://articles.dailypress.com/2012-03-02/news/dp-nws-langley- 
study-20120302_1_buffer-director-of-federal-facilities-langley-air- 
force-base

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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