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Aug 18, 2026

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NYS DECTIER 1

DEC and EPA add in-person drop-in sessions on the Niagara-Erie radiological assessment: Aug 17 Grand Island, Aug 20 Niagara Falls, Aug 24 Lewiston

DEC posted three staffed drop-in tabling sessions for residents with questions about the Niagara and Erie County Radiological Assessment: Monday Aug 17 at the WNY Welcome Center in Grand Island, Thursday Aug 20 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, and Monday Aug 24 at the Lewiston Library, each 4-7 p.m., plus a seven-day-a-week NECRA hotline. Phase 3 ground surveys remain ongoing. Source: DEC program page, retrieved Aug 18, 2026.

Niagara GazetteTIER 1

DEC and EPA: 856 Niagara-Erie property owners have granted testing access; 340-plus properties cleared

State DEC and federal EPA officials said 856 property owners across Niagara and Erie counties have granted access for radiological testing, and that as of Saturday more than 340 properties had received notice that no additional radiological investigation is needed. Officials did not disclose how many properties have been tested in total. The access figure is up from the 756 access forms cited in EPA Region 2 Administrator Mike Martucci's Aug 10 letter to Hochul.