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• Karen Hosler, WYPR: Eastern Shore Opposition Stirs Against National SecurityTraining Center (02/25/2010)
• Washington Post Article on FASTC (02/23/2010)
• Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Opposition Letter to FASTC in Ruthsburg (02/18/2010)
• QACA Lawyers Seek Citizen Input on NEPA Submissions for FASTC at Ruthsburg (02/08/2010)
• QACA Launches Legal Challenge of FASTC in Ruthsburg (02/04/2010)
• QACA Press Release on Complaint to GSA (01/11/2010)
• Citizens Advisory Commitee Recommendations to the Planning Commission (10/20/2009)
• Citizens Visioning Statement for Queen Anne's County 2010 Comprehensive Plan (07/27/2009)

Queen Anne's Conservation Association Calls for Investigation of Decision to Locate Security Training Center in Ruthsburg

Queen Anne's Conservation Association today formally asked the Inspector General of the General Services Administration (IG/GSA) to examine the decision-making process that led to Ruthsburg being chosen as the preferred site for the proposed Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC).

In a six-page single-space letter to the IG/GSA from Jay Falstad, QACA Director of Communications, the conservation group detailed facts and circumstances giving rise to what it described as the appearance that "the federal decision-making process on the siting of FASTC... has been improperly conducted and subjected to improper influences" .
For the full text of the press release please click here.

Visit www.state.gov/recovery/fastc for project information.

FASTC Public Forum - February 23, 2010
Queen Anne's County High School
(6:00pm-8:00pm)

Agenda:
I. Sign-In, Information Packet Distribution
II. Project Chronology
III. Diplomatic Security Mission and Training Center Project Overview
IV. Frequently Asked Questions
V. Site Plan Alternatives
VI. Public Workshop Recap
VII. Next Steps
VIII. Questions and Answers


Please also note the scoping comment period has been extended to March 12, 2010. If you would like to submit written comments you can email them to FASTC.info@gsa.gov.
You can call in your comments to 215-446-4815.

Mailed comments should be sent to:
U.S. General Services Administration
Mid-Atlantic Region
Public Affairs (3PA)
20 North 8th Street
8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107



Federal "Hard Skills" Training Center - Alert!

The map above shows the proposed facility site on 2000+ acres of farmland (Hunt Ray (Ashley) and Crismer farms) adjacent to Tuckahoe State Park.

On Tuesday, December 22nd, the QA County Commissioners stated that they had been notified that the Ruthsburg area was the federal government's preferred site for a proposed State Department Training Facility to train security personnel for U.S. Embassies and other State Department facilities worldwide.

At that meeting, the County Commissioners also announced that based on new information presented by more than 100 citizen opponents of the proposal and the lack of satisfactory responses from the Federal agencies to those issues and the Commissioner's numerous requests for a public meeting, that they were withdrawing their support of Queen Anne's County as the site of the proposed training facility.