Protect our waterways from landfill leachate
Western New Yorkers, join Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper and submit a comment to the Department of Environmental Conservation to protect our waterways from landfill leachate – a toxic liquid that comes from landfills which often contains pollutants like PFAS “forever chemicals.”
The public is invited to submit written comments by Sept. 9 to:
Mail:
DEC’s Division of Materials Management
625 Broadway
Albany, NY
12233
If you email, use “Comments on Proposed Part 360 Series” in the subject line.
For More Information:
Read the DEC News Release: First-In-Nation Regulations proposed to Help Stop PFAS at Landfills From Entering Waterways – by DEC
Read Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s letter about this issue by clicking here.
Read Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s Another Voice column in the The Buffalo News by clicking here.
