Pre-DEIR Developer Presentations
These were in response to EEA Secretary Rebecca Tepper’s DEIR Scope Instructions to hold public information meetings prior to their DEIR filing.
March 4, 2024
Hanscom North Airfield Development Public Meeting
Over 40 protesters held signs in opposition to the proposed development before the meeting- including a polar bear with two cubs. The public meeting took place at Middlesex Community College. About 50 people were in person and 100 online.
Representation from Hanscom-area elected officials and US EPA included :
(click their name to be brought to when they start speaking!)
Mike Barrett, State Senator, 3rd Middlesex
Simon Cataldo, State Representative, 14th Middlesex
Michele Ciccolo, State Representative, 15th Middlesex
Ken Gordon, State Representative, 21st Middlesex
Alice Peisch, State Representative, 14th Norfolk
Anni Loughlin, US EPA Region 1, Remedial Project Manager
"I know the destruction you folks intend to wreak on Massachusetts and I resent it.... Please don't erect these bogus environmental rationales for something that has nothing whatsoever to do with relieving the crisis that faces us in terms of climate. Just be honest about it. This is all about becoming a little richer yourselves by helping people even richer than you.” - Mike Barrett
"...what can we say about what's going to happen at the vacated hangars in Plymouth and other locations? I think that one could actually take as true every single assertion that is being made here about ferry flights, and still come to the conclusion based on the basic principles of supply-demand economics, that this development will result in additional private jets being flown all around our communities." - Simon Cataldo
"... all of my constituents are deeply troubled by the impact of the jets themselves." - Michelle Ciccolo
"And it seems to me that there would be data about those number of [ferry] flights... And so as you prepare, I'm hoping that we will see that. It seems to me to be possible to get." - Ken Gordon
"We've encouraged the entities involved in this project to coordinate with Air Force, Navy, APA and mass DEP regarding these sites to ensure that any plan proposed activities would occur in a manner that remains protective of human health and the environment and doesn't interfere with ongoing remedies or future investigations. I am not personally aware that this coordination has occurred in a robust manner." - Anni Loughlin
February 20, 2024
Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC) Meeting
News Coverage
As Report Nears Completion, Hanscom Hangar Developer Provides Details∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ 2/21/2024
Mothers Out Front Opposed to the Proposed Private Jet Expansion Project ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Kay Aubrey ∙ 2/28/2024
“These private jets are dinosaurs and they’re dinosaurs because they put so much carbon in the air they undermine our other efforts to keep GHG out of the air and from polluting the planet.... The time has come to pull back on private jets” - Rep Carmine Gentile
Listen to Rep Gentile’s full comments here
Video Highlights from 2/20 HFAC Meeting
February 13, 2024
Massport Community Advisory Committee (MCAC) Meeting
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