“Cleanup Crew” of Seneca Nation, NYS Senate,
Environmental and Religious Leaders With Mops and Brooms
Call for State to Protect Lake Erie and Support
Full Cleanup of West Valley Site
“Crew” to Address Impact of Recent Flash Flooding on Nuclear Site
Sept. 2 Phone-A-Thon: Public to Call Agencies before Comment Period End
WHAT: News Conference featuring a West Valley “Cleanup Crew” of a NYS Senate rep, Seneca Nation Councilor, environmental, recreation and religious group leaders with mops, buckets and brooms to highlight the need for state and federal agencies to protect Lake Erie by selecting full waste excavation clean up of the nuclear site, 30 miles south of Buffalo. Speakers will address impacts of recent flash floods on the West Valley site and deliver a letter to state agency.
WHERE: In front of NYS Energy Research & Development Agency office, 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, NY 14210
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, 12:00 Noon
SPEAKERS:
Todd Gates, Seneca Nation of Indians, Tribal Councilor
Bill Nowak, NYS Senator Antoine Thompson’s Office
Bob Ciesielski, Sierra Club
Sister Sharon Goodremote, Buffalo Diocese Care for Creation Committee
Brian Smith, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Tom Marks, Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council
Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information & Resource Service
Leaders from the Seneca Nation of Indians, NYS Senate, environmental, religious and conservation groups will gather as a “Cleanup Crew” in front of the NYSERDA office building to alert the public about the need for government to support Sitewide Removal of all wastes from the West Valley nuclear site, to protect Lake Erie and drinking water supplies. Public comment period on the final cleanup ends September 8th. The Crew urges people to join the Weds, Sept.2nd Phone-a-thon to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu and NYSERDA Director Frank Murray. Speakers will call on them to address climate-change related extreme weather impacts on the West Valley site, pointing to recent flash flooding in the area. DOE’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement specifically stated that no climate change impacts were evaluated for the site for the next 10,000 years, which groups said was irresponsible.