SENECA FALLS — Town Supervisor Mike Ferrara went on Evan Dawson’s WXXI “Connections” radio show last week and said treated leachate from Seneca Meadows Landfill is safe to be accepted at the town’s wastewater treatment facility.
SENECA FALLS — Town Supervisor Mike Ferrara and environmental attorney Doug Zamelis were among those submitting comments to the state Department of Environmental Conservation on Seneca Meadows Inc.’s draft scoping document, a step in its plan to expand its landfill.
SENECA FALLS — Seneca Meadows Inc. requested and was granted an adjournment of its lawsuit against the town of Seneca Falls over Local Law 3-2016.
GENEVA — Cam Miller and his wife, Katy, were living in a four-bedroom, five-bath former bed-and-breakfast on Washington Street when they heard about Lake Tunnel Solar Village, a project proposed by solar home developer Ryan Wallace.
FAYETTE — The Seneca Watershed Intermunicipal Organization will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the town office building on Yellow Tavern Road.
GENEVA — Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has helped fund two water-quality projects in Schuyler County.
CANANDAIGUA — At some point, the Ontario County Board of Supervisors will have to decide whether or not to close the county landfill in 2028.
Ed. note: This is the second of a two-part “Beyond the Fence” series; the first part was published on Dec. 10.
WATERLOO — Standing at the now-cleared site of the former George’s Service Center Thursday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced a two-pronged plan to clean up contamination of the brownfield site, and others in the Finger Lakes, so they can be redeveloped.
MANCHESTER — The owners of Dolomite Products Quarry and Asphalt are applying for a new Article 19 air facility permit for its plant at 1719 Lovers Lane.
On the east and west sides of Seneca Lake, at approximately 46.6 N Latitude, lie two small communities facing huge opportunities and the inherent risks of major change.
SODUS — For years, Sen. Chuck Schumer has called for the Army Corps of Engineers to begin taking steps to repair the east breakwall that is designed to protect Sodus Bay from Lake Ontario waves and sediment.
SENECA FALLS — Pumphouse Properties LLC wants to build a 28-by-36-foot garage, including an 8-by-36-foot ramp, on its residential property at 2123 Pumphouse Road. The garage would be in the regulated adjacent area of a state freshwater Class 1 wetland.
GENEVA — As 2023 begins, property owners on Seneca Lake are being asked to consider some environmentally-friendly new year’s resolutions.
Please don’t waste your energy on me my friend
LODI — The first project partially funded by the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has been completed by the Seneca County Soil & Water Conservation District.
WATERLOO — Seneca Meadows Inc. has announced that Seneca County residents can drop off their Christmas trees for recycling at the Waterloo Walmart at 1860 North Road from Dec. 26 through Jan. 9. A ecycling bin will be located in the north parking lot of Walmart near the auto center.
VICTOR — The State Superfund Site at Modock Springs-DLS Sand and Gravel on Malone Road has been downgraded to Class 4 status by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
TORREY — Atlas Holdings, the parent company of Greenidge Generation, have not announced any plans to close the cryptocurrency facility on the west side of Seneca Lake.
SENECA FALLS — The DEC has extended the deadline for public comment on the draft scoping document for Seneca Meadows Inc.’s proposed expansion.
GENEVA — Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has kicked off its annual fundraising campaign for 2023.
TYRE — Supervisor Beth Partee calls it a “win-win” for the town and Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
SENECA FALLS — Let the debate begin.
PENN YAN — Projects aimed at reducing the flow of phosphorus into Keuka Lake are underway.
CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Board of Supervisors’ Planning & Environmental Quality committee has recommended another two-year term for the current director of its Sustainability and Solid Waste Management division.
SENECA FALLS — Lawyers for Seneca Meadows Inc. sent a cease-and-desist notice to Seneca Lake Guardian nearly a month ago, claiming the Watkins Glen-based environmental group was making false and defamatory statements about the company and its landfill.
WATERLOO — Bruno Bock, formerly Evans Chemetics, is seeking to renew its permit to withdraw water from the Cayuga-Seneca Canal for use in its production of chemicals.
Ed. note: This is the first of a two-part “Beyond the Fence” series; the second will be published on Jan. 14.
WATERLOO — Seneca County has nine identified tax-delinquent properties with possible environmental contamination issues.
GENEVA — After serving three years as president of Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association, Jacob Welch is passing the torch to a fellow Himrod resident.
CANANDAIGUA — There is now a robot programmed to sort plastic waste at the Ontario County Landfill’s Materials Recovery Facility.
Sustainable batteries? What will they think of next?
SENECA — Once again, the Town Board in this Ontario County community has allocated a portion of the revenue it receives from Casella Waste Services of Ontario LLC to reduce the town’s county tax levy for 2023.
SENECA FALLS — State officials should reject Seneca Meadows Inc.’s application to expand upward and close the Route 414 landfill in 2025. That is the stance of regional environmental group Seneca Lake Guardian.
SENECA FALLS — Before he hears any more arguments or issues any rulings, state Supreme Court Judge Dan Doyle wants to know exactly what happened the night the Seneca Falls Town Board adopted Local Law 3-2016.
SENECA — Casella Waste Services of Ontario LLC, manager of the Ontario County Landfill since 2003, has paid $470,000 in fines imposed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for violating conditions of its operating permit.
CANANDAIGUA — On Oct. 18, the Seneca Town Board voted unanimously that the Ontario County Landfill that the town hosts should close in 2028.
CANANDAIGUA — The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday it is imposing a $500,000 fine against the owner and operators of the Ontario County Landfill in the town of Seneca.
SENECA — The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Nov. 3 that Ontario County and the operators of its landfill, Casella Waste Services of Ontario LLC, have been fined $500,000 for multiple violations from 2015-22.
CANANDAIGUA — The Richmond Town Board is opposed to the Genesee Valley Conservancy buying 261 acres of wetland near Honeoye Lake, saying an easement would be a better option.
WATERLOO — State Supreme Court Justice Dan Doyle said Tuesday he’s inclined to schedule a hearing on the details of a Nov. 30, 2016, Seneca Falls Town Board meeting — the night Local Law 3-2016 was adopted by a 3-2 vote.
CLYDE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has prepared and tentatively approved a draft Article 19 Air State Facility permit for Advanced Atomization Technologies LLC on Columbia Street,
NAPLES — Naples is one of 22 school districts in the state to be awarded a federal grant for the purchase of zero or low-emission school buses.
TYRE — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York Sea Grant will hold a local government training workshop for healthy watersheds and resilient communities on Nov. 3.
WATERLOO — The growth of aquatic weeds in the north end of Cayuga Lake this year has been “unacceptable,” according to several members of the Seneca County Board of Supervisors.
CANANDAIGUA — The Genesee Valley Conservancy in Geneseo has a signed purchase offer with the owner of 261 acres of freshwater wetlands near Honeoye Lake in the town of Richmond.
GENEVA — Bidding opened Friday (Oct. 21) and will end at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 for the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association’s virtual silent auction.
GENEVA — After several years of work, a plan to reduce phosphorus levels in Seneca and Keuka lakes has received state approval.
