EPA to test, measure longtime Buffalo River cleanup efforts

An eight-year project to remove contaminated sediment from the Buffalo River in New York will be completed soon. The EPA will conduct tests over the next few years, including a test in 2024 to gauge whether it is safe to lift a restriction on fish and wildlife consumption. If further tests are passed the following year, the river’s “area of concern” designation will be removed. Read the full story by The Associated Press.