February 8th, 2010
Due to unforeseen additional snow predictions for this week, the State
Department Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) project
workshops and first public forum scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th
have been postponed again.
Currently, the confirmed date for the second public forum is Tuesday,
February 16th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. However, the FASTC Team is working
diligently to reschedule the project workshops and first public forum on
the same day: February 16th - with a tentative plan to host the workshops
from 5:00 - 6:30 pm and the public forum 7:00 - 9:00 pm. We are also
working to secure a date for the second public forum. Workshops and both
public forums will be held at the Queen Anne’s County High School in
Centreville, MD.
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February 8th, 2010
Citizens are gathering information on the likely environmental impacts of FASTC at Ruthsburg. The list below identifies the kinds of impacts that are legally significant. Please furnish any information you have on any of these impacts to Jim Campbell or Jay Falstad no later than February 16. You can also post it below as a comment. The lawyers retained by Queen Anne’s Conservation Association will incorporate the impact information into their February 19 submission under the NEPA “scoping” process. Thank you for your help.
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February 5th, 2010
Click here or on the photo above. It should play automatically in Media Player. If not, right click and download the clip then try to play it.
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February 5th, 2010
Dear Mr. Wright,
I appreciate your E-mail, and asking me to correspond further with Mr. Wentz, but since you are THE engineer it would be far better to address my questions to you first. Please do not hesitate to discuss my e-mail with Mr Wentz if you deem it necessary. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 5th, 2010
You can now get your very own copy of the new hard skills DVD.
This 37-minute documentary video tells the story of a small town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico that, in a time of economic need, welcomed a federal security training facility into its midst. The story of how that came about, and what happened subsequently, is told by the residents themselves, against the background of a starkly beautiful Southwestern landscape.
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February 4th, 2010
Dear Administrator Leeds:
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) offers the following comments regarding the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center proposed to be located in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, adjacent to Tuckahoe Creek, a tributary draining to the Chesapeake Bay. CBF and its members in this region among others throughout the Bay watershed are concerned that the proposal may be inconsistent with efforts to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay health. Given potential threats to local and regional waterways as well as the high level of public concern over this project, we encourage you to consider all environmental impacts that may result from this proposal and address how this proposal is consistent with federal water quality restoration initiatives. We also encourage you to involve the public to the highest degree practicable in the Environmental Assessment and in subsequent project approval processes. Read the rest of this entry »
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