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Where are the LOOW Site and the NFSS located and who owns them?

April 26, 2017located loow nfss owns site

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Where are the LOOW Site and the NFSS located and who owns them?

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The former LOOW (7,500 acres), developed for producing explosives during World War II, is located in the Towns of Lewiston and Porter (Niagara County) in northwestern New York, about 19 miles northwest of Buffalo and 10 miles north of the City of Niagara Falls. The NFSS is a 191-acre portion of the former LOOW, located off Pletcher Road in the Town of Lewiston. The site is currently United States Government property. The Corps serves as the site caretaker and performs site operations, maintenance, and environmental surveillance activities. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is the long-term steward of the site. The NFSS is bounded on the northeast, east, and south by two privately-owned landfills, on the west by a power line right of way, and on the northwest by the former LOOW wastewater treatment plant, which is owned by the Town of Lewiston. The local school district (elementary through high school) campus is less than one mile from the NFSS. There is a wide variety of lan