2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 09:37:44 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: "Army to re-form Badger plant [WI] advisory board"
 
Army to re-form Badger plant advisory board

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
August 02, 2012

BARABOO - The Army plans to disband and reorganize a citizen advisory board critical of its environmental cleanup efforts at Badger Army Ammunition Plant.

Joan Kenney, the Army's representative at Badger, said the changes aren't a criticism of the local officials and residents who sit on the Restoration Advisory Board.

Rather, she said, the changes reflect the Army at Badger not being in accordance with the rules established by the Department of Defense, which governs Restoration Advisory Boards.

Kenney said the shakeup of the board at Badger is to bring it in accordance with 2006 guidelines approved by the Department of Defense that require any RAB to represent all local parties and stakeholders interested in the environmental cleanup.

The Army released the results of a community survey to the board in May, and Kenney said 50 percent of the people surveyed either didn’t know about the board or felt it wasn’t representing their interests.

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For the entire article, see
http://host.madison.com/news/local/army-to-re-form-badger-plant- advisory-board/article_7f474bab-feeb-56e3-b3e1-ea17747a9c2c.

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Lenny Siegel
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