Protect the Great Lakes and Western NY's Drinking Water
Please Testify in Support of a Full Cleanup of the West Valley Nuclear Waste Site

Department of Energy Hearings:
March 31st in Irving, April 1st in West Valley and April 2nd in Blasdell

Help protect your drinking water, environment and community. Please plan to testify at upcoming hearings on the West Valley nuclear waste site cleanup plan (described in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement) released by the federal and state government.

Details on the issue are in the call papers for the Presbytery meeting. Click here for the call papers.

To help you prepare your testimony, look for additional materials at the Presbytery meeting, March 28, 2009.  Fact sheets and a model letter will be available.

Details of the West Valley Public Hearings:

6:30-9:30 pm Monday, March 30, 2009, Crowne Plaza Albany, State &
Lodge St., Albany, NY 12207

6-9 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2009, Seneca Nation of Indians, William
Seneca Building, 12837 Rte 438, Irving, NY

6:30-9:30 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Ashford Office Complex,
9030 Route 219, West Valley, NY

6:30-9:30 pm Thursday, April 2, 2009, Erie Community College/City
Campus Auditorium, 121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203

The deadline for public comments is June 8, 2009.
(Send to Catherine.M.Bohan@wv.doe.gov)
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Decommissioning Plan are at www.wv.doe.gov

Here are the Proposed Cleanup Options.
. Sitewide Waste Removal - Digging up or excavating waste with off-site disposal
. Sitewide Close In-Place - Leaving buried waste on site.
. Phased Decision-making - (Preferred DOE/State Alternative). Very limited cleanup, and delay cleanup decision on most radioactive portions of site for up to 30 years.

Respectfully submitted,
Gladys Gifford