[CPEO-MEF] Riverview Elementary school, Tonawanda, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hackett residents deserve what's right

Opinion by Christopher Thomas
The Tonawanda News (NY)
April 26, 2007

...

I am a resident on Hackett Drive who purchased my house 10 years ago. 
When I purchased the house I did my due diligence by not only having the 
home inspected by the bank, I hired an independent consultant to advise 
my wife and I of our largest investment. After the information came back 
it seemed to be a wise investment. Now we’re not so sure.

Anyone who has purchased a home knows of the paperwork involved in such 
a transaction. I asked about the property behind my house and was told 
that the land is owned by the Town of Tonawanda and residents use it to 
ride their ATVs. National Grid also has a right of way to get to the 
utility poles that run along the fence line of the homes on Hackett.
Since living here, both of these have happened. So I never questioned 
anything else. I can tell you in our deed, it states the cut in the Town 
of Tonawanda fence must be there so the utility company can get to their 
pole. Nothing was ever mentioned or disclosed that I was next to a toxic 
landfill.

As a homeowner I am concerned with this new information as anyone would be.

In 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers came to Riverview Elementary school 
with other officials letting us know they found toxic waste. Now, new 
information keeps coming out. A company that produced smoke detectors in 
the town dumped Americium into the sewer lines. Once detected, it was 
burned and buried in the landfill. New information clearly shows this 
was the worst thing that could have been done as this now became airborne.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tonawanda-news.com/opinion/local_story_116133547.html?keyword=topstory

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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