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Commissioners and their lawyers claim the Massachusetts Army National Guard failed to comply with legal and permitting requirements during its decade-long pursuit of the range.
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PFAS have been linked to kidney, testicular, prostate, breast, liver, and ovarian cancers, among other diseases. Studies show firefighters generally have higher levels of PFAS in their blood than the general public.
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Last night, several dozen residents gave the Select Board their input at Town Hall — where officials hosted a poster session, allowing residents to examine mock-ups, feel three sections of railing, and ask questions of the engineering consultants and town officials.
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In a March 24, 2021, email from General Christopher Faux to staffers for Congressman Bill Keating, the general said the machine gun range could not sustain the scrutiny of a more intensive environmental review, and if such a review were required, the Guard “will most likely lose the project and its funding.”
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It's part of an effort to reduce plastic waste that ends up in landfills, or worse, in microscopic pieces that can harm animals, the environment and maybe even humans.
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It was the ninth tornado recorded on the Cape, according to the National Weather Service, which has records that date back about 60 years. No injuries were reported.
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Federal officials say the rules, which are four years in the making, will reduce the whales’ risk of death and serious injury by 69% — and more protections will be phased in over the next decade as part of a conservation framework.
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The town Select Board called the meeting to allow officials with the Massachusetts Army National Guard and activists with the environmental group 350 Cape Cod to express their opposing points of view on the proposed eight-lane range.
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In a letter released Monday, officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said they will evaluate whether the $11.5 million project has the potential to create “significant hazards to public health.”
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The tours are filled on a first-come first-serve basis and the tour set for this coming Friday is full, but the Guard will hold them nearly every Friday — except Sept. 3, prior to Labor Day — until Sept. 24. Then officials will evaluate the frequency of the tours depending on demand.