Recently, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a group of African American religious leaders, asked the Army and FEMA to reconsider its sheltering plans in western Anniston, she said. However, the Army and FEMA are not on a schedule to get those and other community concerns addressed by the April 2002 burn date. The agencies contend that the greatest risk to the Anniston community is continued chemical weapons storage, not incineration, Lantzer said. County and state officials, however, vehemently disagree, and say they would push to delay the incineration startup date if their concerns aren't met. Money is not the apex of their concerns, EMA's Helms said.
Safety is the number one issue.
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