- September 3, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
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09/02/2022
Attorney General Tong Applauds Second Circuit Decision in Dredging Case Vital to Connecticut Maritime Economy
Without Dredging, Groton Would Lose Ability to Launch and Build Submarines
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today applauded a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York in Rosado v. Pruitt upholding the lawful selection of the Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site for dredged materials.
Connecticut intervened in the case, defending the site selection made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after exhaustive environmental review and public input. A judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York upheld the selection site in July 2020. New York subsequently appealed the decision. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit now affirmed the…
