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HURLEY, N.Y. – The Town Board has received a draft consent order from the state seeking $77,976.58 for work to identify the former town landfill as a contaminated Superfund site. The order, which was on the board’s agenda on Wednesday, also requires Hurley to develop a citizens’ participation plan that involves residents’ input for the […]
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Bureaucratic delays in getting Lower Esopus Creek water levels reduced prevented emergency sewer line work from being done, town Supervisor James Quigley said. Work on about 40 feet of stream embankment along the creek was wrapping up Saturday, with Quigley saying that the system of requiring a formal request from […]
HURLEY, N.Y. – The designation of the former town landfill as a superfund site this week comes with the acknowledgment that contamination could have impacted the Ashokan Reservoir, a source of water for New York City which serves 9 million customers. State Department of Environmental Conservation officials on Wednesday issued the classification notice stating the […]
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Mayor Tim Rogers expects New York City Department of Environmental Protection officials to ignore village requests to stay current with water system reimbursements, which currently amount to about $400,000. The work done by the village includes system repairs over the past three to five years along with a “few million dollars” […]
The Delaware Aqueduct closure has been postponed for another year.