Love Canal Revitalized Traditional Cache
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In Living Memory of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York. Cache is newly rehidden as a small lock n lock! Welcome to the Black Creek Village Community Park. A Natural Habitat Park was estabished in 2002. See the sign at N 43.05.018, W 078.57.120. Parking is available at the Niagara Falls LaSalle Neighborhood Facility and Senior Center located at N 43.05.040, W 078.57.142. This can be accessed from Williams Road in Wheatfield to Colvin Bvld. in Niagara Falls.
LOVE CANAL: A Timeline 1892: Developer William T. Love begins work on a 7 mile canal to connect upper and lower Niagara River. The project was abandoned as a result of the depression. 1920: The partly dug canal is sold at public auction. It becomes a municipal and chemical waste dump....20, 000 tons of toxic waste. 1953: Hooker Chemical Corp., which buried drums of hazardous waste there, sells it to Niagara Falls Board of Education for $1. The deed transfer includes a note that chemical waste is buried there and a disclaimer absolving Hooker of any liability. 1955: 99th Street School is built and opens on the site. Homes are built nearby. Mid-1970's: Complaints escalate about foul smells and oozing substances in yards and basements. Spring 1978: Neighborhood resident Lois Gibbs begins circulating a petition to close the 99th Street School, which her 5 year old son attends. May 19, 1978: New York State Department of Health begings testing the soil and air in the neighborhood. August 2, 1978: The Dept. of Health declares a state of emergency. It recommends that pregnant women and children under the age of 2 be evacuated from the 239 homes closest to the dump. The 99th Street School is closed. August 7, 1978: President Jimmy Carter declares "Love Canal" a federal disaster area. February 8, 1979: The Dept. of Health issues a second evacuation order for women and children within 10 blocks of the original evacuation zone. May 17, 1980: US Environmental Protection Agency says blood tests show chromosome damage in Love Canal residents, increasing their risk of cancer and reproduction problems. May 21, 1980: President Carter agrees to evacuate 900 families. December 11, 1980: President Carter signs the landmark legislation known as the Superfund to set aside $1.6 billion to pay for hazardous waste cleanups across the country. Love Canal becomes the first cleanup site. December 20, 1983: Occidental Chemical Corp. (successor to Hooker) settles a lawsuit for $20 million. September 27, 1988: The Dept. of Health concludes that parts of the cleaned up neighborhood are safe for resettlement. November 28, 1990: The first family moves into Black Creek Village, the renamed Love Canal neighborhood. June 22, 1994: Occidental agrees to pay the state $98 million towards cleanup costs. December 22, 1995: Occidental agrees to pay the federal government $129 million. October 1997: The Dept. of Health begins tracking down thousands of former residents for the first long term study on the health hazards of the site. November 12, 1997: Occidental closes the last of its legal cases of Love Canal, winning $300 million from it's insurers to help pay its $1 billion part of the cleanup costs. March 14, 1998: Cash settlements totaling $6.75 million are distributed to 900 former residents for personal injury damages. June 24, 1998: The EPA agrees to demolish 63 uninhabitable homes in the Love Canal area. August 2, 2003: Celebrations are held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first Love Canal evacuation. Late 2003: The Dept. of Health is to release it's study on the health of former residents. Reproduced from The Buffalo News July 27, 2003. Enjoy this bit of nature before exiting the North West corner of the park. The cache itself is located out in the uninhabited zone. Please be very careful in the park not to go off the trail. This is a fragile system yet. The path to the uninhabited zone has been the only part that remains trampled. There are not usually too many muggles in the area, but keep a look out please. Return the cache exactly to it's hiding spot.
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