[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITY: Lake Ontario Ordnance Works RAB

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

MINER: Revving up the RAB

By Dan Miner
Niagara Gazette (NY)
May 9, 2008

Coming soon to a Town Hall near you: A couple of crusading chemists and 
a plea for support.

Members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works are hitting the road armed 
with a power point presentation and the support of state Attorney 
General Andrew Cuomo.

And they're fighting for their existence.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who formed the RAB to act as a liaison 
for the community, has recently decided the RAB doesn't meet federal 
regulations and therefore is merely a "citizen-based volunteer group."

Among the objections of the Corps: RAB isn't properly structured and 
that it acts as an advocacy group.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_123195412.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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