I have written extensively about the Tonawanda Landfill and the Nuclear waste that is buried there. Most of what is there was sent here in the 40’s from the Manhattan project. There is also Americium buried there, Plutonium and some of the radio active readings I have seen taken over there should give everyone concern. Yet the County, State and Feds have done a good job of ignoring the people that live there with their back yards right up to the “hot zone” on Hackett Drive.
After meeting with residents we toured the area and the pond above I stood right next to. This water is dead, there is no activity of even the smallest of insect life. No water strider’s, no mosquito’s or movement at all. With a pond that has been there for quite some time one would thing something would be there, not even a bird was in sight.
Since the DEC and the Army Corp came to a different conclusion of any dangers, the issue has been stalled and once again the people that live in the area left to fend for themselves. Over a year ago I called for simple blood tests and house tests to be done to see and prove who was right. I still say this is the way to go but the politicos simply want this issue to go away at least until they are up for re-election again, then all of a sudden it will be a priority once again.
It sucks that these people get NO answers, no help and have to live wondering who is right. With this money coming in it should be used to pay for these tests to be done. Ending the speculation once and for all who is right and who is wrong.
State leaders release brownfields’ funding
Seven sites in Western New York have been allocated to receive economic revitalization funding of more than $1.2 million, top elected leaders in Albany have announced.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said the state will grant $7.25 million to 50 designated brownfield sites throughout New York. The money will be used for research and planning initiatives.
The largest round of funding locally — $472,500 — will go to the City of Buffalo and Buffalo Niagara River Keepers. Buffalo will also receive $382,500 for a site along Tonawanda Street.
Additional funding will go to the cities of Lackawanna ($202,500), North Tonawanda ($175,000) and Jamestown ($53093); Town of Tonawanda ($60,480); and Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council ($21,159).
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIs the $68,480 Tonawanda designated for the landfill you are talking about? That doesnt seem nearly enough to do anything meaningful.
The same problem exists in Hamburg/Lackawanna/South Buffalo at the site of the former Bethlehem Steel location. Miles and miles of lakefront land, all contaminated by who knows what, no money to clean it up, and residents left behind.
I don’t know for sure, possibly, unless they are talking about some other area that is wasteland.
This money could cover the simple blood tests, the radon detectors and a test for the sump pump pits I called for over a year ago.
These small tests would tell us if the ground water is being contaminated, if radon gas is present in the houses and the blood tests would tell us if the children that live and go to school over there are contaminated.
If the tests come back negative then we are fine and the Corp of Engineers is correct. If they come back positive then we know the DEC is right and then start the process of eliminating the contaminant and sealing the site.
You would think after Hickory Woods and Love Canal, the people responsible would want to be ahead of the curve and get this mess cleaned up asap.
So the Army Corp. of Engineers says there is no problem with the site and the State DEC says there is a problem? Have they always been at odds with each other, or do you think the political differences between the Feds and the State are comming into play here?
None of the politicians want to address the issue of clean up. They have been covering this up for years. LaFalce before and now Slaughter have yet to even acknowledge a problem. The state government is the same and has been through all the senators and assemblymen over the years.
They know there is a problem, none want to address it. I don’t think it’s political differences this goes back through different administrations.
But the state is allowing the existing work to be done over there. You know the houses being torn down in Buffalo? Guess where they are being taken to… Right the Tonawanda landfill.
Remember all the wood chips from the Oct 13th storm. Right they are all over there in the mud flats. The town wanted to sell them but couldn’t because they are now contaminated.
If the demolition debris is being dumped there, then at the very least, there is asbestos and lead paint.
What i meant by political differences was more the fact that if the Federal Government was responsible for the radioactive stuff from the Manhattan Project and also the anthrax tainted furniture from the Senate office building, that might explain why the Army Corp of Engineers says there is no problem.
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