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In early round, backers of Lee PCB dump explain their thinking


A stretch of the Housatonic River winds through Lenox. Legal filings are stacking up at the Environmental Appeals Board in Washington, D.C., as fights continue over the nature of the long-awaited Rest of River cleanup project.
Photos by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
LEE — “Ipse dixit.” That’s the Latin phrase lawyers for a group of elected officials use to rebut claims that Berkshires residents “overwhelmingly” oppose a proposed PCB landfill in Lee.
It means “dogmatic and unproven.”
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As briefs begin to stack up at the Environmental Appeals Board in Washington, D.C., the legal players are front-loading their arguments. ....

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