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NY Environmentalists Fighting Company's Ash Dump Proposal

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published April 15, 2019 at 4:38 PM EDT
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Environmental groups are mounting opposition to a New Hampshire-based company's proposal to create an incinerator ash dump at a Hudson Valley quarry.

Portsmouth-based Wheelabrator Technologies wants to operate an ash dump in the Greene County town of Catskill. The company is applying for the required permits from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Environmentalists say about 450,000 tons of ash would be trucked from three company-owned incinerators in New York to a defunct quarry located less than a half-mile from the Hudson River.

A new coalition of environmental and community groups held a news conference in Albany on Monday to call on Catskill's elected officials to reject the ash dump proposal.

Company officials say the dump won't hurt the environment.

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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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