GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Grand Island Town Board is expected to consider a resolution Monday that would authorize Town Supervisor Peter Marston to sign property access for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), should the agencies request access to town-controlled or town-owned properties.
The item comes as the DEC and EPA test portions of Niagara and Erie counties following concerns about radioactive contamination in the region.
According to the resolution, the authorization would allow the supervisor to sign permissions needed for DEC and EPA to inspect town-owned or town-controlled properties the agencies identify as areas of concern…