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Is Sylva water line a terrorist target?
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-01-18 10:07Can a two-mile water line be a terrorist target?
It's not just benzene that state officials are concerned about in spending $740,000 to run a water line out to four homes in Jackson County, Dan Kane reports.
The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources denied The News & Observer access to maps and other records showing where the line would run. Laura Leonard, a spokeswoman for DENR's environmental health division, cited a provision in the public records law that she says classifies such records as "sensitive public security information."
"As public water systems are considered to be a public building or infrastructure facility, any detailed plans and drawings related to this project have been excluded," Leonard said in an e-mail message.
A press association attorney said that was a misinterpretation of the law.
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