[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "EPA celebrates the successful reuse of former Griffiss Air Force Base, " NY

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL REUSE OF FORMER GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE

By Jim Rondenelli
WIBX Radio (Utica, NY)
December 8, 2021


The U.S Environmental Protection Agency celebrated the successful re-use of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday.

EPA Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia was joined by Rome Mayor Jackie Izzo, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, State DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and other officials.

Griffiss Air Force Base was closed in 1995 due to the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990.

Today, the formerly contaminated 3,6000 acre site includes Griffiss International Airport, the Air Force Research Lab, the New York Air National Guard Base, and 72 tenants employing nearly 6,000 people.

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For the entire article, see
https://wibx950.com/epa-celebrates-successful-reuse-of-former-griffiss-air-force-base/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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