EPA pollution data available on web

December 28, 2010 - 2:34 PM

CWM Chemical Services, the commercial hazardous waste landfill in Lewiston and Porter in northwest Niagara County, was the seventh biggest polluter in the state in 2009, according to EPA data. (Charles Lewis / Buffalo News file photo)

I reported today that Western New York has seven of the top 25 polluters in New York state.

Data about environmental discharges was sent to the Environmental Protection Agency by the facilities, and was amassed as part of the annual Toxics Release Inventory.

On the agency's website, anyone can look through the data -- including every facility and type of waste they release -- with the TRI Explorer.

Here's the data from all the facilities in Erie County and what they released; here's the data for Niagara County facilities.

--Aaron Besecker

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Charlie Specht started at The News as a college intern, joining the staff full time after his graduation from St. Bonaventure. A South Buffalo native, he also lived in Marilla and is in his second year covering Niagara Falls City Hall.

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Bruce Andriatch, a proud Town of Tonawanda native and a graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute and Canisius College, is the suburban editor at The News. He has been writing a weekly column since 2006. Two days after his first column appeared, the October Storm occurred, plunging much of the region into darkness and despair. Read into that what you will.

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