Monday, September 25
Syracuse, New York

Organizer/Sponsor:
Onondaga Nation
www.onondaganation.org

Katie Nadeau

315-475-2559

Sue Lyons

315-492-1922

Event

• Media event
• Tour of the Midland sewage plant in City of Syracuse
• Tour of Lake Onondaga

Main issues/sites

• The complete cleanup of Onondaga Lake, a sacred lake for the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Nations and a federal Superfund site
• A fair and sensible plan for the restoration of Onondaga Creek, a tributary to the lake that flows through Nation territory and is plagued with sedimentation problems and combined sewer overflows
• Inclusion of the Onondaga Nation in the decision-making for these projects
• A just plan for eliminating Onondaga County's combined sewer overflows

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