[CPEO-IRF] Stratford Army Engine Plant (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Engine plant use is key issue
An interview with DEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy

FRED MUSANTE, Editor
Stratford Star
July 27, 2006
	
The planned use the town and its developer have for the Stratford Army 
Engine Plant is now the key issue in the 77-acre site's redevelopment, 
according to the head of the state Department of Environmental 
Protection (DEP).

In an interview with the Stratford Star, DEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy 
said the use will determine what level of environmental cleanup is 
necessary for the former defense base site.

State officials need to know the plans the town and its developer have 
for the engine plant before they can complete their environmental 
review, she said.

Asked what the DEP has to do to move the project forward, McCarthy said, 
"This is not a DEP cleanup." She said progress depends on negotiations 
between the town and its developer, Team Stratford, and the U.S. Army, 
which still owns the site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1349&dept_id=415619&newsid=16975877&PAG=461&rfi=9

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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