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Aircraft Set to Fly Around Millstone Power Station This Month
Civil Air Patrol will be flying over Millstone and its 10-mile emergency planning zone in March 2016.
On Saturday, March 19, the Civil Air Patrol will fly over Millstone Power Station and its 10-mile emergency planning zone, taking aerial photos. Sunday, March 20, is the rain date.
Air Patrol will be flying in a grid pattern, Ledyard Emergency Management said. According to the Safety Planning Information PDF for neighbors of Millstone, the areas within the EPZ are:
- Ledyard EPZ – All areas south of Hurlbutt Road, Whalehead Road and Sandy Hollow Road to Route 117
- Lyme EPZ – All areas east of Route 156 and south of Beaver Brook Road
- Montville EPZ – All areas south of Grassy Hill Road, Chesterfield Road, Route 163 and Depot Road to Waterford and East Lyme town lines including those areas between Glendale Road and Chapel Hill Road in Oakdale Heights
"The aerial pictures have been requested by Millstone Emergency Preparedness and CT DEMHS," according to Ledyard Emergency Management.
One aircraft will fly twice that day, once at 9 a.m. and twice at 1 p.m.
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