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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:40:46 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] BIODEFENSE, REUSE: "Federal Plan To Sell Plum Island [NY] Moves Ahead"
 
Federal Plan To Sell Plum Island Moves Ahead

by Brendan Szendro
EcoPolitics Daily
June 26, 2013

The Obama Administration's plan to sell Plum Island, located off Long Island's northern shore, took an important step forward this week.

Conservationists want a significant portion of the island to remain undeveloped.The General Services Administration issued a 512-page environmental impact report, in which the agency asserts the sale of the island and its animal research facility would have no major environmental impact.

The report outlined three possible options for the island's use -- a new research facility, low- to high-density housing or a nature preserve -- and concluded that none of these would have a significant adverse environmental impact.

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For the entire article, see
http://nylcv.org/ecopoliticsdaily/ 20130626_gsa_argues_for_selling_plum_island

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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