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For Immediate Release: Commissioners Urge EMC to Reject Army National Guard Multi-Machine Gun Range

Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners Urge Environmental Management Commission to Reject Army National Guard Proposal for Multi-Machine Gun Range

September 15, 2021 (Barnstable, MA)-Today the Barnstable County Commissioners sent a letter to the Environmental Management Commission urging it to reject the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s proposal to construct a Machine Gun Range within the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve. The full text of the Commissioners’ letter to the EMC is available at https://bit.ly/BC_Commissioners_Letter_MMGR

The law firm of McGregor & Legere, representing the Barnstable County Commissioners, provided a thorough legal analysis of the proposed multi-purpose machine gun range stating,“the proposed project fails to satisfy numerous requirements under state law and applicable Environmental Performance Standards”. The full text of the letter from McGregor & Legere is available at https://bit.ly/Legere_Letter

ABOUT BARNSTABLE COUNTY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CAPE COD: Barnstable County is one of the last functioning counties in Massachusetts, with departments serving the 15 towns of Cape Cod. Barnstable County government consists of a legislative branch (Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates) and an executive branch (Barnstable County Commissioners). Learn more at www.barnstablecounty.org

 

MEDIA CONTACT:Sonja Sheasley,sonja.sheasley@capecod.gov

 

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