[CPEO-BIF] Cavenham Forest Industries, Creosote Road, Gulfport, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Low turnout for meeting about creosote pollution

By PRISCILLA LOEBENBERG
Sun-Herald (MS)
March 27, 2012


GULFPORT -- The Department of Marine Resources’ public meeting at the  
Good Deeds Community Center on Tuesday had a handful of attendees and  
only one commenter. The purpose of the meeting was to inform the  
public about Cavenham Forest Industries’ plans to further contain  
contamination at its Creosote Road site and how those plans would  
affect wetlands.

Richard Marsh of the Gulfport Concerned Citizens Coalition did not  
speak for or against the project, but said he was concerned no public  
officials were present to represent the community.

Clyde Woodward, a consultant for CFI, said the project has been in  
the works for three years and multiple informational meetings have  
already been held. He said that is probably the reason attendance was  
low at the meeting.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/27/3846795/low-turnout-for-meeting- 
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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