[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITY: Corps still rejects Lake Ontario (NY) RAB

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

ENVIRONMENT: RAB still on outs


Rick Forgione
Niagara Gazette (NY)
March 22, 2009

YOUNGSTOWN - A contingent of elected officials and concerned community 
members finally got some answers Saturday about the former Lake Ontario 
Ordnance Works site.

But it wasn't exactly what they were hoping to hear.

Faced with requests to recognize the LOOW Restoration Advisory Board as 
a partner in the process, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
Buffalo District said they welcomed a stronger focus on community input 
but new federal rules prevent groups such as RAB to serve in any 
official capacity.

"We are more than willing to work with this body to achieve what we need 
to achieve, but there are some things we just cannot do because of 
federal regulations," District Commander Lt. Col. Daniel Snead said.
That didn't sit well with the more than 50 people in attendance, 
including RAB members and numerous local, county and state officials, 
who vowed to sponsor legislation and press federal leaders to have the 
Department of Defense allow RAB be recognized.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_081000852.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>
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