Community health and safety is an important focus of the Grasse River remediation project. Arconic developed a Community Health and Safety Plan with EPA, NYSDEC, NYSDOH, and SRMT that described the measures to be implemented to protect the surrounding community during construction at the Secure Landfill on the Arconic Massena West property, staging areas near the Route 131 bridge and along Haverstock Road, and within the river. You can view the Community Health and Safety Plan at the following link: River remediation.

Going forward, Arconic will develop additional safety plans during future in-river work that will include plantings and monitoring.

Also note that the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has issued a fishing advisory for the lower Grasse River (eat no fish between the Grasse River mouth and Massena Power Canal). Details are available in the Fish Advisory brochure and on the NYSDOH website.