Niagara Watershed Alliance

Urgent Issues

• Stop relicensing of CWM and the continual importation of toxic wastes to our community

• Restore the citizen restoration advisory board to the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers

• Push for the immediate clean up of radioactive material from the NFSS/LOOW in Lewiston-Porter,West Valley, and the Tonawanda Landfill

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We urgently need you to call and write letters opposing continued operation of Chemical Waste Management in Porter, NY

Recently, the American Cancer Society reported that it expects 9,500 Western New York residents to be diagnosed with cancer in 2010.  It is unfair to the residents of our community to be the toxic dumping grounds for 39 other states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.  Enough is enough.

We urge all citizens to call and write to the Governor and the DEC Commissioner. We need to stop the toxic hazardous waste landfilling by CWM now. Pick up the phone and tell New York State Governor David Paterson at (518) 474-8390 and the DEC Commissioner Peter Grannis at (518) 404-8545 that we will no longer allow our state government officials to continue to destroy the Niagara Watershed with toxic chemicals. Ask them what they are doing about all of the health issues currently faced by our residents and the children of our community caused by the toxics already dumped here.

Hon. David A. Paterson
State Capital
Albany, NY 12224

Peter Grannis, Commissioner DEC
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-1011

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