Reported Lead & Toxic Hazards in Ithaca Falls Area
Toxics Targeting, Inc. is pleased to post for public review selected reports, correspondence, monitoring results and photos that document extensive lead and toxic chemical contamination in a portion of the City-owned Ithaca Falls recreation area adjacent to the former Ithaca Gun factory.
These documents were obtained through the Freedom of Information Law from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. A complete set of all of the documents obtained by Toxics Targeting, Inc. for the site is available for public review at the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca.
A letter is also posted requesting DEC Commissioner, Honorable John Cahill, to investigate and clean up the contaminated site without further delay.
DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, & MAPS
Letter to DEC Commissioner, John Cahill
City of Ithaca
1996 Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act
Environmental Restoration Project Grant Application (8 scanned pages)
Phase 2 Environmental Report for Ithaca Falls Area (26 scanned pages)
Letter to Cornell from DEC regarding Ithaca Gun Site (1 scanned page)
Cornell's response to DEC regarding Ithaca Gun Site (11 scanned pages)
Photos of Lead shot & shotgun casings at the Ithaca Falls Rec Area
EPA Emergency Removal Action Request letter to DEC Commissioner, John Cahill
USEPA & NYDEC Reported Lead Concentration Maps (3 Maps)
Aerial Photo Map showing Lead Sampling Point Concentrations
(1 Map)
