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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