ASK YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION to PROTECT OUR PUBLIC TRUST WATERS:
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Find Your State LegislatorsGovernor Lamont
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The name "Niagara Bottling" did not appear on the TPZ permit or the Wetlands Permit in Bloomfield. No state regulation currently requires that a developer's name must be made public. Instead, a third party engineer submitted the documentation. On Dec 14th, 2015 the MDC changed two ordinances granting rate discounts to Niagara, the only customer eligible for them. On the same day, they authorized an $8M bond- to be paid for by ratepayers- to extend a water main to the Niagara area. And the Bloomfield town council, lured by the promise of tax payments and jobs, granted a $4.9M tax abatement.
The following fall, after a large public outcry, the MDC revoked its rate cuts for Niagara. However, in the fall of 2018, disregarding public opinion, it once again sought to grant large discounts on water and sewer rates to industrial water users. Only continued vigilance and activist water advocates prevented another corporate give-away. |