{"id":324080,"date":"2026-08-18T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324080\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:30:18","slug":"epa-dec-to-expand-radiological-screenings-in-western-n-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324080\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA, DEC to expand radiological screenings in Western N.Y."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said teams are heading to new areas of interest beginning Tuesday to request permission for radiological screenings.<\/p>\n

Teams will be in Aurora, Boston, Brant, Concord, Eden, Evans, Hamburg, Marilla and Orchard Park to request access from homeowners.<\/p>\n

DEC and EPA officials say this does not mean there is contamination, and no properties will be accessed without permission.<\/p>\n

“Visiting these communities or any area of interest does not confirm contamination. It means the agencies observed radiological measurements that require closer ground-level evaluation and more information is needed. Agencies will not access properties without permission and will keep residents informed throughout the process if screening is allowed,” DEC and EPA officials said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, preliminary data reviews indicate that the vast majority of properties screened will need no further action.<\/p>\n

More than a month ago, residents in the town of Niagara announced<\/a> radioactive materials had been detected on their property. Since then, the EPA and the state DEC say they have been permitted to screen more than 800 properties.<\/p>\n

The agencies say anyone with questions about the radiological assessment can call 518-712-8279.<\/p>\n

Spectrum News 1 has reached out to the DEC for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said teams are heading to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,308,380],"class_list":["post-324080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-buffalo","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}