[CPEO-BIF] "Citizens group holds hearing on proposed Tonawanda [New York] Coke brownfield cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Citizens group holds hearing on proposed Tonawanda Coke brownfield cleanup

By Harold McNeil
Buffalo News (NY)
January 15, 2020

Outraged that the state Department of Environmental Conservation declined their request to hold a public hearing on the proposed state brownfields cleanup for the former Tonawanda Coke site, members of the Clean Air Coalition Wednesday staged an impromptu version.

It featured a cardboard cutout of DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos tethered to a coalition member dressed in what appeared to be a large, papier mache costume that was intended to resemble Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Despite the attempt at levity, Rebecca Newberry, Clean Air Coalition's executive director, said residents in both the city and town of Tonawanda who live near the now-closed Tonawanda Coke plant on River Road are very concerned about the state brownfields cleanup that is planned for the former manufacturing site and who will pay for it.

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For the entire article, see
https://buffalonews.com/2020/01/15/clean-air-coalition-holds-hearing-on-proposed-state-brownfields-cleanup-for-tonawanda-coke-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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