[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: Kingsville Naval Air Station (TX) and wind farms

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military Bases Want More Say on Development

by John Wayne Ferguson
Texas Tribune
August 22, 2012

In the past two-and-a-half years, Cpt. Mark McLaughlin began to feel  
as if his U.S. Navy jet base south of Corpus Christi was being  
quietly surrounded.

If something was not done soon, McLaughlin said he thought, Naval Air  
Station Kingsville, one of the Navy's two jet bases, might someday be  
unable to perform its duties and could potentially close.

It's not an enemy force prompting this career military man to worry  
over holding his position, though. It's a group South Texas wind farms.

"I am dealing with wind farm developers from multiple companies that  
are planning to encircle my base with upwards of 1,400 wind  
turbines," McLaughlin told the House Committee on Military and  
Veterans Affairs on Wednesday.  "Currently, the lack of any formal or  
enforceable early notification means that I usually find out about a  
wind farm developer wanting to build something after they've already  
notified the FAA, which means they've already invested a lot of time,  
money and resources into their plan."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/licensing-and- 
regulation/military-bases-wants-more-say-development/

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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
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