[CPEO-BIF] Tallevast (FL) buy-out?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tallevast letter to Gov. Bush asks for help

DONNA WRIGHT
Bradenton Herald (FL)
August 25, 2005

MANATEE - Tallevast residents want Gov. Jeb Bush's support for relocation.

But before they could get the letter in the mail, county, state and
federal officials proposed their own ideas of how Tallevast residents
could be moved out of harm's way from the toxins in their backyards.

The only player not in the queue is Lockheed Martin Corp., former owner
of the old beryllium plant at 1600 Tallevast Road, the source of the
toxic plume now known to cover more than 131 acres.

Manatee County is willing to facilitate a buyout of the Tallevast
property owners if Lockheed Martin Corp. is willing to help relocate
residents, County Administrator Ernie Padgett said Wednesday.

...

He proposes that Lockheed purchase the 85 houses in Tallevast, then the
defense giant could sell the properties for an industrial park,
recouping its investment.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/12470431.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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