And Congress responded by instead reinforcing the continuing need for good faith negotiations. A unilateral decision to condemn state lands would bypass the community, the state government and the congressional delegation. The. The relevant condemnation statute, in fact, requires the army to pursue and exhaust all other available options before starting condemnation proceedings. So I don't see how the army can meet that requirement when it has not even resubmitted corrected EISS to address the deficiencies noted by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which may lead to their disapproval of the army submitted eiss. (01:22–01:34)
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Asserts that the condemnation statute requires the army to exhaust all options before starting condemnation.
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