Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots
Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Monday called on the Environmental Protection Agency to resume cleanup efforts of radioactive locations in Lewiston and Niagara Falls, warning they still pose a serious threat to public health.
The EPA recently abandoned cleanup activities to clean up hot spots that resulted from radioactive waste byproducts from prior industrial uses. The three sites are a parking lot at a bowling alley on Niagara Falls Boulevard, a lot adjacent to Holy Trinity Cemetery and a residential site on Upper Mountain Road. The EPA estimated the cost of the cleanups to be $3 million and said they were in various stages of investigation and cleanup efforts for the three properties when the work was halted.
"EPA just packed up the trucks, abandoned the sites, abandoned homeowners and residents here in Lewiston," said Schumer, standing in front of the fenced-in field by Holy Trinity Cemetery. "Now, with EPA's abrupt departure there is uncertainty once again." . . .