Honeywell International has asked New York state officials to allow it to go ahead with a plan to bury contaminated Onondaga Lake sediment in Wastebed 13 without getting the permission of the town of Camillus, where the wastebed is located. “Under federal and state law, local permits are not required when companies are doing Superfund projects under government supervision,” said...
Honeywell International has asked New York state officials to allow it to go ahead with a plan to bury contaminated Onondaga Lake sediment in Wastebed 13 without getting the permission of the town of Camillus, where the wastebed is located. “Under federal and state law, local permits are not required when companies are doing Superfund projects under government supervision,” said Honeywell spokeswoman Victoria Streitfeld.
Not so fast, said syracuse.com user hd4mark:
Quote: "State and federal environmental regulators have said the level of contamination in the sediment is relatively low and poses no health risk to the public." So if it poses no health risk why do they need to remove it from the lake?
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