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NY statewide tire dump cleanup nears completion
Quick ReadNY officials say 102 of 146 tire dumps in state cleaned up; rest to be gone by end of 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Five years after the state started a cleanup program funded by a fee on new tires, 102 of New York's 146 tire dumps are gone, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis said Thursday.
There were an estimated 34 million tires in illegal dumps across New York in 2004, Grannis said, posing an environmental and public health threat. Since then,...
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