[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: Badger Ammo Plant (WI) Board gets technical assistance funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WisBusiness Press Releases (WI)
August 26, 2011


Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger: Badger Advisory Board appeal  
successful

The U.S. Department of Army has reversed a local installation  
decision which denied a request for federal funding to hire an  
independent technical advisor for communities dealing with  
contamination from Badger Army Ammunition Plant.

The successful appeal by the Badger Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)  
sets a national precedent. Army officials said that they are not  
aware of any other community that has formally challenged a decision  
under the federal Technical Assistance for Public Participation  
(TAPP) grant program.

The Army's August 5 letter also approved a waiver request making  
$25,000 available to the community board which includes  
representatives of local, county, state, tribal and federal government.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=245797

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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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