CAYUTA, Sept. 16, 2020 — A proposal for a waste recycling facility near Alpine Junction that state regulators view as … More
Author: Peter Mantius
7 New Blooms Reported on Seneca Lake as HABs Season Nears Peak; Cayuga Owasco, Canandaigua Got Early Start
PEACH ORCHARD POINT, Sept. 3, 2020 — A flurry of harmful algal blooms were reported on Seneca Lake this week, … More
DEC Seeks to Modify Cargill’s Cayuga Salt Mine Permit While It’s Subject to Pending Legal Appeal; Will Court Take Notice?
ALBANY, Sept. 1, 2020 — “Mostly Housekeeping Changes.” That’s how the state Department of Environmental Conservation brushes off its proposed … More
Danks Burke Blasts O’Mara for Voting Against Hazardous Waste Bill; But Law May Not Block ‘Drill Cutting’ Imports
PAINTED POST, Aug. 7, 2020 — Leslie Danks Burke, the Democratic challenger to state Sen. Tom O’Mara (R-Big Flats), lashed … More
Cuomo Signs Hazardous Waste Bill, Closing ‘Loophole’ Allowing NY to Import Gas Drilling Wastes From Pennsylvania
ALBANY, Aug. 6, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that makes New York the first state in … More
Sierra Club Lawsuit Alleging Dangerously High Levels of Radioactivity at Hakes Landfill Is Dismissed by Steuben Judge
CORNING, Aug. 3, 2020 — A Steuben County judge has dismissed a civil suit alleging that state officials granted Hakes … More
State Adopts Strict Contamination Limits for PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-Dioxane; Water Systems Face Test Deadlines, High Costs
ALBANY, July 30, 2020 — State officials today adopted enforceable limits on three drinking water contaminants under new rules that … More
Chlorine Byproducts That Contaminate Finger Lakes Tap Water Are Linked to Thousands of Bladder Cancers in Europe
AUBURN, July 16, 2020 — The routine use of chlorine as a disinfectant in public drinking water across the Finger … More
Feeling the Heat, DOH Finally Schedules Crucial Vote July 30 on Enforceable Limits on PFOA, PFOS, 1,4-Dioxane in New York
ALBANY, July 14, 2020 — After months of delay, state health officials have scheduled a July 30 vote on proposed … More
Amid Fierce Opposition, Queens Waste Company Drops Plan to Import NYC Sludge to Town of Butler
BUTLER, July 7, 2020 — The Flushing, N.Y., waste company that proposed to haul truckloads of sludge from New York … More