[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: Oklahoma "Legislature passes new bill to protect military airspace from wind turbine encroachment"

[Lenny Siegel]

Legislature passes new bill to protect military airspace from wind turbine encroachment

By James Neal 
Enid News & Eagle (OK)
May 1, 2019
 
The Oklahoma House unanimously passed House Bill 2118 on Wednesday, setting new requirements and penalties meant to protect military airspace from encroachment by wind turbine development.

Mike Cooper, city of Enid military liaison and chairman of Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission, said the legislation protects the strategic and economic value of airspace used by Oklahoma's three Air Force bases.

Military aircraft fly training missions from Tinker in Midwest City, Vance in Enid and Altus in Altus. Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas also uses airspace in Oklahoma, and Fort Sill is increasingly using air space to operate drones.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/legislature-passes-new-bill-to-protect-military-airspace-from-wind/article_9336b11c-5fb0-5ba0-a58d-304839c7bc0e.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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