| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:23:33 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Belvoir Ranch and missile-site TCE, Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Lawmaker: Groundwater contamination could halt Belvoir plan by Trevor Brown Wyoming News August 23, 2015 CHEYENNE - Concerns about groundwater contamination west of the city could jeopardize plans to develop the Belvoir Ranch, a state lawmaker says. Rep. Jim Byrd, D-Cheyenne, said he is in the early stages of working with a group, Friends of Belvoir Ranch, to put hiking and equestrian trails and other recreational activities on the city-owned property. But he said the slow process of removing a potentially dangerous chemical from the water beneath the land could hinder the efforts. "This is an opportunity not to be passed up," he said. "If the groundwater pollution is holding me up - whether by perception or reality - that is a real problem." … For the entire article, see http://wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/08/23/news/20local_08-23-15.txt#.Vdq1Ts6fObg -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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