[CPEO-MEF] Tonawanda (NY) landfill radwaste

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

LANDFILL: Cleanup may become political issue

By Dave Hill
The Tonawanda News (NY)
November 1, 2007

The Town of Tonawanda landfill runs along a number of homes in the City 
of Tonawanda, drastically affecting residents of Hackett Drive and 
Brookside Terrace, many of whom are concerned — if not fearful — of just 
what is in the landfill.

But cleanup of the uranium ore waste buried within it is not an issue 
that rests solely on the desk of the city’s 4th Ward councilman, whether 
it is incumbent Rick Davis or challenger David McCormick.

Given that the outcome of the remediation process — a key step of which 
is now in the hands of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — could impact 
property values, and the fact that residents’ health is at stake, the 
landfill is a city-wide issue.

With voters heading to the polls Nov. 6 to elect four council members 
and a council president, the Tonawanda News asked each candidate to 
share his or her views on the landfill situation. All agree something 
needs to be done, but there’s a prevailing view among city Republicans 
that their Democratic counterparts have made the issue a political one.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tonawanda-news.com/thetonawandas/local_story_305234933.html?keyword=topstory

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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
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