Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I don’t often publish “opinion pieces” from readers, but the importance of
this topic to all of us here in Hanover has led me to the following post.
Thanks, Kyra, for sending this information along. Your interest in our
community is very appreciated!
After listening to both Hanover and Hanson community meetings on National
Fireworks site status, Hanover resident Kyra Brissette believes that it is
clear the only option is for the National Fireworks site to be listed as a
Superfund site. The Hanover Select Board hasn’t decided whether to
support or oppose getting the site added to the National Priorities List,
but it has said that they will meet in February. Hanson has already voted
to support, and Pembroke will have a say too, since they border the site.
Editor’s note: Another alternative would be for the Town to do nothing
with the Fireworks site. Information from the EPA may be found here:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=O7Gx6V+kXma3MHDa4qhB+nOGJcbcoesPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDOoRqoN783ZLADJ
.
According to Brissette, in the meantime cleanup has been funded by a
settlement with a former property owner, but the $74 million is close to
running out. The state tried to negotiate with the “potentially
responsible parties” ? the Department of Defense, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and National Coating Co. ? for more money but was
unsuccessful.
At the Hanover and Hanson meetings, officials said $200 million more is
needed to complete the project. It was suggested at both meetings that
community members from all towns reach out to the MA members of the House
and Senate Committees on Armed Services and ask for funding from the
Department of Defense to continue the work on the site until it becomes a
Superfund Site and the EPA can take over. According to Brissette, the
earliest that the site could be proposed for the National Priorities List
is August 2025.
Brissette asked that the following contact information be shared for those
inclined to communicate with them:
Senate Committee on Armed Services:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=UNL81LR2qmqi/v8GKJULBnOGJcbcoRsPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDOYRqoN783ZLADJ
• Elizabeth Warren:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=hsIKPtqgVMeEfl4QZCz9R3OGJcbcocsPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDOYRqoN783ZLADJ
House Committee on Armed Services:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=WI/vSqCZ/diTaIl7AxIP43OGJcbcoasPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDP4RqoN783ZLADJ
• Seth Moulton:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=4d44qFaY03ifbLfWk+ivpXOGJcbcoZsPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDPIRqoN783ZLADJ
• Bill Keating:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=g1M+0S5nf16LxfMmCLgyv3OGJcbcoesPsEA7fujqa2ZoqLt7nDM4RqoN783ZLADJ
Hanover resident Kyra Brissette may be reached at
kyra.s.brissette@gmail.com .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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