Statement from Niagara County Legislator Irene Myers Regarding Today’s CWM RMU-2 Siting Board decision
"While our lawyers are still digesting the specifics of the decision, the bottom line is that CWM is prevented from constructing a new hazardous waste landfill in our community. The health and safety of our residents has carried the day. It has been a long process, but I am so happy how our community never wavered in this long battle. This has always been about protecting our children and grandchildren from the consequences of bad, short-sighted environmental decisions that previous generations have had to live with.”
“We expect the DEC Commissioner will now deny all environmental permits, as the hearing officer recommended. But in any case, failure to obtain a siting certificate, as has now happened, prevents RMU-2 from going forward. Instead, CWM must begin final cleanup of the site."