Posts Tagged ‘base redevelopment/environmental cleanup’

The Fort Ord Reuse Authority is the target of a lawsuit alleging the organization failed to properly account for a federal grant dedicated to clearing munitions and explosives from 3,340 acres at the former post located in Monterey, Calif. The suit filed by open space advocates Keep Fort Ord Wild under the state Public Records Act asks the court to force the LRA to release documents related to $97.7 million it received from the Army under an environmental services cooperative agreement …

The FAA is encouraging joint use or former military general aviation airports to apply for the Military Airport Program, following new legislation designating additional slots for general aviation airports. Applications for the FY 2012 program, originally announced in the Sept. 22, 2011, Federal Register, were due last year, but the FAA will now consider new applications from eligible general aviation airports until April 16 …

The McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Tuesday selected the team of Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, and Atlanta-based Cousins Properties and Integral Group LLC to lead the redevelopment of the former Fort McPherson, located four miles southwest of Atlanta. The winning team beat out a proposal from Atlanta developers Carter and H.J. Russell & Co. …

It’s probably not much of a consolation now, but allowing the Defense Department to rely on the BRAC process to pare its infrastructure will be a lot better for communities that ultimately suffer a closure or significant realignment, according to one of the arguments Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, used Thursday to sell DOD’s request for two additional BRAC rounds to the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee …

The New Orleans Federal Alliance and the Algiers Development District are considering forming a “joint development committee” to govern the Federal City project, the redevelopment of the former Naval Support Activity New Orleans. The two organizations had been trying to reach a compromise since October over who will oversee the conversion of the support activity into a mixed-use development anchored by the Marine Corps Support Facility …

With the Federal City project — the redevelopment of the former Naval Support Activity New Orleans — as a backdrop, the Treasury Department announced Thursday the selection of 70 organizations nationwide to receive $3.6 billion under a federal tax credit program designed to spur growth in low-income and distressed communities. The Treasury Department used the Federal City project to announce the New Markets Tax Credit awards to highlight the 155-acre development’s reliance on the federal program …

Facing a budget crunch of its own, Des Moines County was forced to turn down the Army Reserve’s offer of the Middletown, Iowa, center it is closing as a result of BRAC 2005. The county sheriff’s office was hoping to use the building as a regional training location, but the Board of Supervisors decided the county could not pay for its operation and maintenance …

Environmental insurance purchased by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico will protect the redevelopment of about 1,000 acres at the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads slated to become an ecotourism resort. The policy provides comprehensive coverage to the site’s LRA, including remediation costs for unknown and new pollution conditions, bodily injury, property damage and legal defense costs …

At a hearing Wednesday of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Candice Miller wondered whether the Department of Homeland Security had missed an opportunity to acquire property at some of the installations closed during the last round of BRAC. To avoid that outcome in the future, Miller asked Janet Napolitano, secretary of homeland security, to keep that option in mind if DOD conducts BRAC rounds in 2013 and 2015 …

OEA would assist communities affected by the loss of weapons manufacturing jobs as well as those preparing to accommodate an influx of troops returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, under the fiscal 2013 budget request DOD released Monday. The request includes $12.0 million to support reductions in force structure and weapons procurement throughout the nation, funding needed so that OEA can help affected communities coordinate a local, state and federal response …