Vehicle-based Survey of Erie and Niagara Counties
From
Town of Somerset
Sent
Thu, Jul 3 @ 9am
Description
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today announced a vehicle-based radiological survey of Erie and Niagara counties will begin the week of July 7, 2025. This new ground-level survey will supplement data collected during the first phase of the radiological survey that took place in late 2023 and the summer of 2024, as well as historic surveys from the 1970s and1980s.
Phase II of the survey will be conducted by an EPA truck equipped with a suite of sensors for measuring potential radiation sources. The truck will have four sensors to measure radiological energy emissions from four separate directions, as well as a mobile GPS unit. The survey is expected to take approximately four weeks, with the unmarked EPA pickup truck traveling 180 to 240 miles per day on selected roadways in Niagara and Erie counties. The vehicle will travel slowly - typically 20 miles per hour - on the shoulder of roads with hazard flashers.
Phase 3, which will involve on-the-ground surveys by DEC and EPA staff of selected areas using data captured in Phases 1 and 2, is scheduled to start later in 2025.
For the full story go to : https://www.somersetny.org/home/news/vehicle-based-survey-of-erie-and-niagara-counties
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