From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:05:16 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Cleanup plan questioned as Southfield [South Weymouth Naval Air Station, MA] deadline nears" |
Cleanup plan questioned as Southfield deadline nears By Kyle Cheney State House News Service (MA) Quincy Patriot-Ledger (MA) October 4, 2011Despite amplified concerns about environmental contamination, a long- delayed project to turn a largely unused naval base on the South Shore into a new community with thousands of homes and businesses will overcome remaining obstacles, U.S. Rep. William Keating said Monday. "It's going to get done. There’s not a day that goes by that one segment of our office isn’t working on this," Keating told the News Service during a visit to the State House Monday. “As issues come up, we’re knocking them down one at a time with our goal being, let’s get people to work.” But the Quincy Democrat stopped short of endorsing a November deadline to surmount what has proven to be the most persistent hurdle: cutting a deal with the Navy to purchase and transfer 700 acres of land that will serve as the centerpiece of the $1.5 billion development. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.patriotledger.com/business/x432920641/Cleanup-plan- questioned-as-Southfield-deadline-nears -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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