| Joseph Byrne Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
With the anticipated sale of the Long Island Sound Plum Island, hearings are now in session to prepare the way for the landmark sale to go through.
The General Services Administration gave the recommendation to sell the Plum Island's 840-acres. One of the reasons for the hearings is for the fact that Plum Island is the home to the country’s only laboratory studying infectious animal diseases affecting livestock.
The hearings being on Wednesday night in Old Saybrook, Conn., and will conclude Thursday at Greenport High School. For those who want to hear the conclusion of the hearings can do so when the school doors open at 5 PM. As the hearings continue there will be one solidifying rally cry from people on both sides of Long Island Sound; to preserve Plum Island. Adding to this voice will be both environmentalists and elected officials.
Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment said about the hearings, "“What we would like to see is the areas that are undeveloped stay undeveloped. It’s the largest island in the Long Island Sound and is a rare environmental and ecological gem, with a myriad of endangered species of birds and fish.”
One of the items that is talked about among many at the hearings is the issuance of an environmental impact statement which has come ahead of any sale. The statement did not talk about any of the contamination issues on the island which are mostly purported to be an incinerator and hazardous waste generated from the animal disease lab was not properly disposed of back in the 1950s and ’60s.
The Department of Homeland Security, which operates the animal disease lab at Plum Island, is planning to open a new $1.14 billion animal disease facility in Manhattan, Kan. It is not known who would be the buyer of the island.
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