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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 04:27 06/12/2007 Defense Ministry: Negev base okayed without environment report By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: IDF training base, Israel  The Defense Ministry admitted Wednesday that the Committee for Security Facilities approved the construction of the military training base near Ramat Hovav despite the fact that it had not received the environmental impact report for the project. The admission came Wednesday in the Be'er Sheva District Court, which was hearing an appeal by the Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED) against the Defense Ministry over the failure to use the accepted, transparent planning channels for the base. The ministry argued that the IUED submitted its appeal only after work on the base had begun. Advertisement The appellant claimed that the committee approved the base without having received a risk analysis report, one of the state's conditions for the construction of the base. In addition, the IUED told the court, the committee approved the project without having received an environmental impact statement - one of the committee's own conditions for approval. The ministry rejected the court's suggestion that IUED be permitted to voice its concerns about the base to the committee. The presiding judge announced that she would rule on the matter in early January. Related articles: A chance for a cleaner environment Comptroller to tour planned site of controversial IDF base IDF to start digging for controversial base in Negev Bookmark to del.icio.us Hostile environment Arab states reject a proposed UN environment center due to inclusion of Israel. Poverty report A study shows the number of poor asking for food has doubled in the last 5 years.

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