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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army's good faith effort appreciated

Editorial
Connecticut Post
August 30, 2007

The U.S. Army's about-face on decommissioning the Stratford Army Engine 
Plant no doubt brought a lengthy sigh of relief from local and state 
public safety officials.

Stratford and state officials were justifiably worried when earlier this 
summer the Army announced that it would turn out the lights and shut off 
the water to the sprawling 78-acre property with its 56 buildings in the 
town's South End adjacent to Sikorsky Memorial Airport.

A concerted effort by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, Mayor James R. Miron 
and a host of other officials, including the director of the state's 
Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services, convinced the Army to 
rethink its position.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/ci_6762397?source=most_emailed

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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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