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TEP Incident Response Team                                                                                                                                   

  

 
 The Tuscarora Environment Office has one Emergency Response Team member, Matthew Patterson. His trainings and education have allowed the TEP to develop a Tuscarora Emergency Response Plan for the Nation. This plan is in the final development stage and will soon be initiated into the local Emergency Response community, where the cooperation of all entities including Tuscarora is crucial to develop a comprehensive "team".
 
 
 REPORT  AN  INCIDENT
If you notice an incident or you would like to report a dumping/garbage pile along the road please contact us.
 
For more immediate contact please call our Office Incident line at #609.3816.
 
 
Fill the form below:
  • Name, first and last, are required. But if you want to keep it anonymous, please just fill out your initials.
  • Email address is required, but again if you want to keep it anonymous, please use: unknown@tuscaroraenvironment.com
  • In the message section please give us the location of the incident (on the Tuscarora Nation only), the date you first noticed it, and a description of the site.
 
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 TEP Incident Response

Team Reports @ Tuscarora

2008

 

 

2007

 

FEB21: Matthew responded to a Haz-Mat call that turned out to be rock salt.

 

MAR13-15: Three underground storage tanks were removed from Mt. Hope Road.

 

APR: A report of illegally dumped cooking oil on Blacknose Spring Road.

 

APR13: 43 garbage bags were dumped on Blacknose Spring Road. Upon close examination, 16 of the 43 black heavy-plastic garbage bags contained leaves, twigs, and sticks.

 

Responded to a report of an illegal dumping on Walmore Road. Upon inspection, no evidence was found.

 

Rene Rickard responded to a home heating oil spill at a residence on Walmore Road

 

JUN19: High Wind Event. Did a preliminary damage assessment of the Tuscarora Nation after the event.

 

JUL16: Responded to a tire fire on Green Road. When the TEP arrived there was a large burned-out pile of tires located on the site. The owners of the business responsible have been ordered to clean up the site. Further action pending.

 

AUG08: A propane tank was reported dumped on the west side of Garlow Road. When Matthew arrived, a tank was found on the east field, but no tanks located in the west field. The tank was taken to Wendt's Propane for free disposal.

 

AUG19: Garbage was dumped on Green Road and brought to the attention of the TEP. The NYS Troopers investigated and found the garbage to be remnants of a robbery in Niagara Falls. Unfortunately the garbage was destroyed before proper removal.

 

AUG20: Matthew responded to an illegal dumping on Blacknose Spring Road. Upon arrival there was a golden brown liguid in a 5-gallon clear container. Upon further examination it was cooking oil and was disposed of properly.

 

DEC: A report of heavy smoke on Chew Road, supposedly from Laughing's Junkyard.  Matthew responded to the call but came across no smoke. No further action was taken.

 

 

2006

 

MAY09: A Nation resident reported two jugs of oil along the roadside of Blacknose Spring Road. Bryan Printup disposed of the oil at a local repair shop.

 

JUN21: A Nation resident reported illegal dumping at Garlow Road and Upper Mountain Road. The Response Team continues to investigate the incident.

 

JUN26: A truck loaded with hot blacktop overturned on Upper Mountain Road spilling its contents on the road. The incident was cleaned up by mid-afternoon. Onle one person was injured in the accident.

 

JUL07: An old home heating oil tank was dumped on Blacknose Spring Road. NYS DOT picked it up and disposed of the tank.

 

SEP16: Hydraulic fluid was spilled on the Tuscarora Indian School parking lot, after the Household Hazardous Waste Day. The spill resulted of a broken hydraulic line on the lift of the box truck. The owner of the truck company cleaned up the spill properly, which amounted to less than five gallons.

 

NOV20: Matthew responded to an illegal dumping on Backnose Spring Road. The incident involved paint cans, old oil, used anti-freeze, and a soldering propane cylinder. The oil was taken to Loren Fish's Auto Shop for disposal. The paint was taken care of at a later date.

 

NOV28: A report of a suspicious pickup truck on Green Road loaded with tires.

 

DEC04: About 25-30 tires are found dumped on Chew Road.

 

DEC08: Matthew responded to an illegal dumping on Chew Road. The dumping was of old gasoline and it was taken to Loren Fish's Auto Shop for disposal.

 

2005

 

FEB17 - Susie's Lane Illegal Dumping Incident: Piles of trash and garbage items were dumped along the road, in the ditch. The first day the dumping was noticed, a red substance [later to be identified as transmission fluid] was leaking out of the garbage and into the roadside ditch. After some calls and police action, the owner of the the garbage picked up their trash and removed it back off the Nation. The perpetrators were non-Nation residents and the owner of the garbage was Wayne Zahno of Niagara Falls, NY. Matthew Patterson cleaned up the site with oil absorbent and disposed of it properly.

 

MAR26 - Old Gym Fuel Oil Incident: The 275 gallon fuel tank at the Old Gym was compromised by the smashing of the fuel line, allowing the oil to leak onto the parking lot and surrounding area. The estimated effected area was about 8'x16', and thanks to some smart young adults, the area could of been larger. The kids could smell the fuel in the air and went looking for the source. After coming across the damaged tank they quickly collected containers to catch the spilling oil and sent someone for help. They went to the Baptist Church and found someone to help them stop the spread of the contaminates. Thanks to their efforts, they saved about 45 gallons of fuel and possibly prevented a larger disaster. The spilled oil was cleaned by Matthew Patterson, and two other adults. Matthew used an oil absorbent and instructed the other two adults how to transfer the oil from the plastic containers the young adults used to save the fuel, to an appropriate container.

 

Newspaper Dumping: A resident reported a large unknown quantity of Lewiston Sentinel newspapers dumped near Blacknose Spring Road. No response was intitiated.

 

Scene of a Car Accident: A resident reported soiled rubber gloves at the scene of a car accident near the corner of Green Road and Mt. Hope Road. No response was initiated.

 

Unknown Substance Found: A resident reported a container of unknown substance dumped near Blacknose Spring Road. The substance was later determined to be motor oil and taken to an automotive-fluid recycling drop-off point.

 

AUG15 - Debris Fire: A debris fire at Laughing's Junkyard on Chew Road. Sanborn Fire Company quickly responded and the fire was extinguished immediately. No action was taken by our Response Team.

 

SEP06 - Cleaned Up Accident: A motor vehicle accident on Saunders Settlement Road involving a car and a tractor trailer. The incident occured in front of "Smokin Joe's" on Route 31. The incident was cleaned up by the Sanborn Fire Company and the Lewiston Haz-Mat Team.

 

SEP22 - Roadside Cleanup: Two barrels (about 25 gallons each) of kerosene were discovered along Upper Mountain Road by some Nation residents. The barrels were removed from the site and taken for proper disposal.

 

SEP23 - Oil Spill Incident: Hydraulic oil spill on the Nation. A one gallon incident was reported and cleaned up by the spiller.