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BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) New York U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate potential environmental risks associated with a proposed waste management facility in Schuyler County.
The facility would sit south of Seneca Lake in the town of Cayuta. According to Bob Mente, the owner of Alternative Waste Services in Newfield, which would operate the facility, it would bring in construction debris and municipal solid waste for recycling.
In October, the Schuyler County Legislature passed a resolution opposing a permit for the facility. Members of the legislature asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct a “full, fair and exhaustive” environmental review of the facility before approving the application. ....

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