[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, RADIATION: Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (NY) meeting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

LEWISTON: Public officials speak out at LOOW informational workshop.

By Amy Wallace
Niagara Gazette (NY)
March 26, 2009 02:51 pm

Now, the public - and officials - can have their say.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Buffalo District held an informational 
public workshop - the first of its kind under a new format — Wednesday 
evening regarding the former Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site at the 
Lewiston Senior Center.

The workshop was intended to allow for feedback from the public and 
local governmental agencies on the planned soil remediation 
investigation of the former LOOW Waste Water Treatment Plant site before 
testing and field work begin.

"We are preparing to get more samples from the Waste Water Treatment 
Plant," Corps Project Manager Bill Kowalewski said. "We are hoping to 
come away with a better sampling approach (based on feedback)."
Kowalewski said the scope of the sampling at the plant would include an 
evaluation of the nature and extent of potential Department of Defense 
contamination and an assessment to determine risks to human health and 
the environment.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_085145021.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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