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NY Village Recommended As Federal Superfund Cleanup Site

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Federal regulators say they have recommended designating part of an upstate New York village as a Superfund site for cleanup.

The announcement Wednesday from the Environmental Protection Agency came as New York lawmakers grilled state authorities about their response to the toxic chemical PFOA that contaminated drinking water in Hoosick Falls.

Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker and Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos told the joint Senate-Assembly hearing that they now have rapid response teams to address problems.

Their agencies are overseeing testing and cleanup that includes carbon filtration systems on contaminated public and private wells in the village.

Hoosick Falls residents say the Cuomo administration took too long to warn people about their water and that the EPA had finally advised against drinking it.

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.

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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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