In two separate requests, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)  is calling on relevant Senate Appropriations Committee leaders to help fund vital grant programs that help improve quality of life for residents in Southcentral Pennsylvania.

Specifically, Casey is asking for support for the Chesapeake Bay program as well as for the Assistance to Nuclear Closure Communities program, which could support communities impacted by the announced closure of Three Mile Island.

“These grants can be used to clean waterways and help localities meet federal mandates as they restore the Chesapeake Bay,” Casey writes in support of protecting the Chesapeake Bay program. ”Aging and defunct storm water systems have led to burdensome storm water fees for many Pennsylvanians who would benefit greatly from some economic relief as they rebuild their communities after storms.”

“Seven nuclear plants have closed since 2013 and eight others have announced retirement dates in the next ten years, including Three Mile Island,” he writes on the Assistance to Nuclear Closure Communities program. “These localities are deserving of support for the risks they took to support nuclear facilities and the unintended effects they face from storage of radioactive waste.”

Click Here for a copy of Casey's Chesapeake Bay letter.

Click Here for a copy of the Closed Nuclear Facility Community Assistance letter.

(Photo: Sen. Casey (left) viewing farm conservation projects in Lancaster County.)

NewsClips - TMI:

Thompson: Three Mile Island Neighbors Call For Aster Clean-Up Of Closing Unit 1 Nuclear Reactor

Neighbors To A Waste Dump: Public Begs For Earlier TMI Decommissioning

Residents Near Three Mile Island Tell NRC They Still Feel Overlooked; Same Suits, Different People

Maykuth: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor To Be Sold, Dismantled [Not Unit 1 Currently Operating, To Be Shutdown]

Cusick: Three Mile Island Unit 2 To Be Sold, Dismantled [Not The One Operating]

NewsClips - Chesapeake Bay:

Sauro: Raw Sewage Discharged Into Harrisburg Waterways On 150 Days Last Year

Lancaster City Asks For Sewer Rate Hikes To Fund Sewer OverFlow, Nutrient Reduction Upgrades

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

Lancaster Farming: As Animal Ag Evolves, So Will Nutrient Management

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

A Workable Stormwater Management Plan Near Final Stages In Williamsport

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

Editorial: Courts Must Compel Pennsylvania To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

[Posted: July 26, 2019]

7/29/2019