Defense Environment Alert -- A U.S. appeals court last week issued a ruling that strictly interprets the public notice procedures a local redevelopment authority must follow when seeking to dispose of military property under base realignment and closure rules. In Role Models America, Inc. v. Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army, et al. , the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Feb. 4 found that the Defense Department violated base closure law when it made a...