FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lance Gideon, Press Secretary
Lance.Gideon@iga.in.gov
317-234-9221
State Sen. Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette) made the following statement today in response to Gov. Eric Holcomb's announcement that the Indiana Finance Authority will oversee the INTERA water study:
STATEHOUSE (Nov. 14, 2023) — "Over the last month, I have worked to convey the level of concern felt by communities along the Wabash River to state officials and called for significant steps to ensure local residents have reliable access to water.
"Some of the measures announced this week, like commitments to new water monitoring and additional studies, are helpful, but you typically study before you act, and significant work has already started at the LEAP Innovation District in Lebanon. This action to direct the Indiana Finance Authority to have oversight of the completion of the INTERA water study feels like two steps forward when we need three.
"I believe the next logical step is to pause any action or contract that would push the state even further down the path of this pipeline proposal until independent studies are completed and the Indiana General Assembly can consider relevant issues such as water withdrawal permits, pipeline costs and reform at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation."
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State Sen. Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette) represents Senate District 23,
which includes Fountain, Parke, Vermillion and Warren counties,
and portions of Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties.
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