The Association to Preserve Cape Cod has submitted a public records request seeking to obtain all public comment on the proposed multipurpose machine-gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
Filed under the Massachusetts public records law, the request seeks copies of all comments received by the Massachusetts Army National Guard during last year’s public comment period on the final environmental assessment and draft titled “Finding of No Significant Impact” for the proposed machine-gun range, the association said in a statement Tuesday.
The Army National Guard has stated in public meetings that it received about 900 individual comments, which have not been released for public review, the association said.
Environmentalists with the Association to Preserve Cape Cod are asking the Massachusetts Army National Guard to release hundreds of public comments on a
By WXTK News
Jan 20, 2021
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod is seeking the public comments submitted to the Massachusetts Army National Guard in regard to the proposed Machine gun range at Camp Edwards at Joint Base Cape Cod.
The Guard has stated that it has received about 900 individual comments on the range.
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A group of Cape Cod environmentalists have called on the Massachusetts Army National Guard to release hundreds of public comments pertaining to a proposal to build a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. (Shutterstock)
FALMOUTH, MA A group of Cape Cod environmentalists have called on the Massachusetts Army National Guard to release hundreds of public comments pertaining to a proposal to build a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. The Association to Preserve Cape Cod submitted a public records request to obtain about 900 comments submitted to the Army National Guard regarding the range.
The $11 million firing range would expand an existing range at the base. Constructing it requires clearing more than 170 acres of forest to accommodate the range footprint, lighting, facilities, road maintenance and more.
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