LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER BUILDING TEMPORARILY HALTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00244R000100190028-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 1, 1972
• Content Type: NSPR

Law Enfityramwnient IA DP F 00 jW0190028-6
Building Temporarily Halted
The people of Prince
George's County have prevailed
in the first round of the action
to deter fragmentation and
.development of the counted-on
open space of the nearby federal
property belonging presently to
the Department of Agriculture.
The Department of the
Treasury, the agency desiring to
build their new Consolidated
Law Enforcement Training
Center on a 500-acre segment
of Agriculture property, agreed
in court on Friday, May 18 that
further construction will not
proceed until such time as a
new environmental impact
statement has been filed as
requested by the Prince
George's County Planning
Board of. the, Maryland-
National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission.,
It will probably be at least
three months before the
statement can be prepared; and
after it is filed 90 days must
elapse to provide time for
public "review and comment"
as required by the Environm-
tal Protection Act.
really, in writing not to begin
construction although they had
verbally done so, Judge Cor-
coran requested that they agree
to wait. Lawyers for Treasury
complied with the judge's
requests. Such stipulation in
court has the binding force of
law and has the same effect that
an injunction would have, had
the proceeding gone further.
The Commission filed suit
against the General Services
Administration and the Depart-,
pent of the Treasury last
February for their alleged
violation of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act which
required than an Environmen-
tal Impact Statement be issued
regarding the Training Center
proposed for a portion of the
Department of Agriculture
research farm.
The Calverton Citizens
Association voted to enter the
litigation (see THE OUTLOOK,
May 1972) and a motion to in-
tervene has been filed by Attor-
ney Michael S. Yaroschuk,
13237 Bcllvue Street, who is
"Further, the burden upon
existing sewer and water
facilities will be multiplied, At
the present time, building has
been curtained (sic) in the
Anacostia River Basin and
Parkway River basin because of.
lack of sufficient sewage treat-
ment facilities. Both Prince
George's County and Mon-
tgomery County have adopted
staying policies to stem the tide
of "urban sprawl" and to give
direction to the uncontrolled
development of the present
open lands and to establish. a
hierarchy of commitment of the
available tax revenues."
"The ' proposal of the
Treasury Department to expand
its present facilities ignores the
needs of the community and the
impact upon the quality of life
to which these citizens are en-
titled.
? "In passing the National En-
vironmental Policy Act 'of'
1969... Congress sought to im-
pose restraints on the federal
Act 'to avoid environnicntal
degradation, preserve historic.
cultural. and natural resources
and p,?omote the widest range of
beneficial uses of the environ-
meet without... undesirable and
unintended consequences.'
Further reason for interven-
tion in the suit is stated thus:
"The interest of the Intervenor
is not identical to that of the
Plaintiff. While each seeks to
restrain the construction of the
project, the Intervenor is the
only one who can speak for the
local residents who will hear
the burden of the Government's
action.
The impact statement will be/ CCA in this action.
filed with and reviewed by the.
Council on Environmental
Quality, the President's advisory
and policy-making body. Par-
ties to the suit against Treasury
may then request a hearing by
that council if they dispute the
facts or conclusions of the im-
pact statement.
Treasury's agreement came,
somewhat surprisingly, early in
the proceedings as Judge
Howard Corcoran interrupted
Counsel for the plaintiff David
Freishtat, after only several
minutes of his opening
argument, to ask why on the
basis of the facts presented the
parties were in court.
When it was answered that
Treasury would not agree for-
In the memorandum... in sup-
port of motion to intervene,
CCA states that "the
Association has steadfastly op-
posed ' the Government's
proposal which would result in
the destruction of the existing
open green space in the area
and which will have a direct ad-
verse effect upon the existing
water and sewer facilities and
support facilities, such as .fire
protection. if the proposed ex-,
pansion is permitted to con-
tinue."
states that "...citizens have not
only a right to the preservation
of natural surroundings, the en-
vironment, as it presently exists,
but also have a direct economic
interest in the development of
this property.
"Clearly, under the recent
cases, the Intervenor represents
a sufficient interest in the suit
which must he recognized.
"As Governmental bodies,
the Plaintiffs may.well choose
to conclude the matter on
grounds unsatisfactory to _the
Intervenor. The only way that
the Intervenor can he assured
that it is heird. is.?fo participate
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believes bear directly upon its
membership.