[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Former Lake Ontario Ordinance Works (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

YOUNGSTOWN: No trust exists over LOOW sites

By Rick Ahrens
Niagara Gazette (NY)
October 14, 2008

YOUNGSTOWN - A lack of trust exists between the government, 
environmental investigators and the communities of Lewiston and Porter 
concerning the management and cleanup of the former Lake Ontario 
Ordinance Works site, experts said Tuesday.

A meeting discussing the release of a three-year study that analyzed 
potential gaps in data collected from decades of environmental 
investigations and chemical analysis conducted on the 7,500-acre 
industrial complex was held Tuesday at the Lewiston Senior Center.
"We started this project because people in the community felt they had 
concerns about the site that weren't being addressed," said Daniel 
Stapleton, public health director for the Niagara County Department of 
Health.

The study recommended providing more government funding to federal 
agencies responsible for reporting information about the cleanup and 
monitoring of contaminated former government sites. Past funding 
shortages have delayed the data reporting by, in some cases, several years.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_288234535.html

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Lenny Siegel
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