[CPEO-BIF] "DEC planning to meet with small group of Air Brake residents, " Watertown, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC planning to meet with small group of Air Brake residents

By CRAIG FOX
WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES (NY)
September 9, 2012

State health and environmental officials, under pressure from the  
city and residents to address concerns about toxic chemicals dumped  
at the former New York Air Brake site, are planning to meet a handful  
of north side neighbors in a closed-door session this week.

On Friday, Scott W. Barker, one of the group’s organizers, confirmed  
that only he and three others from the group are to meet Thursday  
with representatives from the departments of Health and Environmental  
Conservation. City Manager Sharon A. Addison was also asked to attend.

But the public and the media are not invited to the gathering, even  
though some residents recently complained that DEC for years failed  
to keep them informed about contamination at the site off Starbuck  
Avenue and did not release enough public documents about it.


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For the entire article, see
http://wdt.net/article/20120909/NEWS03/709099850

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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