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Jamestown BPU Asks Customers For Assistance In ‘Check Your Pipes’ Effort

August 30, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is asking customers for their assistance in the "Check Your Pipes" effort. General Manager David Leathers said the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has new regulations that requires the BPU to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: BPU Water Department, David Leathers, Environmental Protection Agency, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities

CCIDA Approves Over $3 Million In Incentives for Electrovaya

June 28, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Board has approved over $3.5 million in economic development incentives for Electrovaya. Electrovaya Chief Financial Officer John Gibson said the company is going to retrofit the former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund, Busti Solar, C&S Engineers Inc., Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Board, Dennis Ryan, Electrovaya, Empire State Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Heidenhain Corp., John Gibson, Mark Geise, Mason Industrial Park, Nate Aldrich, Orion Environmental Solutions, Regional Council Capital Funding

Sen. Borrello Passage of ‘Birds and Bees Protection Act’ Will Increase Use of Harmful Pesticides

June 13, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

State Senator George Borrello is disappointed with passage of "The Birds and Bees Protection Act." The Act is in response to a 2020 report from Cornell University finding that using neonics poses a threat to the state's bees while providing few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Cornell University, Environmental Protection Agency, George Borrello, Kathy Hochul, New York Farm Bureau, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, The Birds and Bees Protection Act

Former Crawford Furniture Building Owner Expected to Plead Guilty to Code Violations

May 1, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The corporation that owns the former Crawford Furniture Building that burned down in a fire in November 2022 is expected to plead guilty to code violations. City of Jamestown Corporation Counsel Elliot Raimondo and Allen Street Development LLC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 1061 Allen Street, Allen Street Development LLC, Crawford Furniture, Crystal Surdyk, Daryl Brautigam, Elliot Raimondo, Environmental Protection Agency, George Panebianco, Housing Court, Jamestown Police Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Richard Rusiniak, Tim Jackson

Sen. Schumer Urges EPA to Investigate Crawford Factory Fire, Assist With Clean-Up

January 12, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer visited Jamestown Wednesday to announce a plan to help clean up the former Crawford Furniture Factory site following a devastating fire this past November. Schumer, standing with officials in front of the former factory … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 1061 Allen Street, Allen Street Development LLC, Chuck Schumer, Crawford Furniture, Crystal Surdyk, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Brownfields Program, Patricia Rusiniak, Richard Rusiniak, Superfund

Post-Fire Clean-Up of Former Crawford Furniture Building Site Could Cost Over $1 Million

December 7, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The clean-up cost following the fire at the former Crawford Furniture building on Allen Street could cost over $1 million. Director of Development Crystal Surdyk informed the City Council Housing Committee that Allen Street Development LLC, whose … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 1061 Allen Street, Allen Street Development LLC, City Council Housing Committee, Crawford Furniture, Crystal Surdyk, Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Patricia Rusiniak, Richard Rusiniak

City Exploring Legal Options Following Fire at 1061 Allen Street

November 21, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The cause of last week's fire at 1061 Allen Street remains under investigation. The Jamestown Fire Department declared the fire out on Friday, November 18, two days after the massive blaze resulted in response by 13 local fire companies. Officials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 1061 Allen Street, Allen Street Development LLC, Crystal Surdyk, Environmental Protection Agency, Jamestown Department of Development, Jamestown Fire Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Patricia Rusiniak, Richard G. Rusiniak, Richard Rusiniak

U.S. EPA Proposes to Label ‘Forever Chemicals’ as Hazardous Substances

August 30, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it proposes to label certain "forever chemicals" that are found in hundreds of household items and pollute drinking water systems across the country as hazardous substances. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Environmental Protection Agency, per-and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, PFAS

CNN: U.S. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Ability to Regulate Carbon Emissions, Justice Jackson Sworn In

July 1, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

CNN reports the U.S. Supreme Court has curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. The decision is a major defeat for the Biden administration's attempts to slash emissions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Climate Change, Environmental Protection Agency, Joe Biden, John Roberts Jr., Ketanji Brown Jackson, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court

CCIDA Receives $600,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant from EPA

June 30, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Board has approved accepting a grant to start a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund. CCIDA CEO Mark Geise said the county has a lot of brownfields, which are former industrial sites that have some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Board, Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Geise, Niagara County

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