July 18, 2019 –  The city’s third solar farm was celebrated with a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning at Homeridae, a 17-acre former brownfield between Homer Street and Interstate 86. 

The site is generating enough electricity to supply 652 typical New York homes with power for a year and helping Olean taxpayers with about $100,000 in annual energy credits, Olean Mayor Bill Aiello said before cutting the ribbon in front of dozens of invited guests.  Link to article

July 18, 2019 – ….. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Energy Grant project is nearing its completion and the town is expecting to receive the funds for the project soon. … Link to article

July 9, 2019 –  EM crews recently demolished a former utility building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), bringing the total number of structures removed at the site to 63. 

“The completion of this work changes the landscape and footprint of the WVDP site, and is a reminder of the ongoing progress here,” EM WVDP Director Bryan Bower said. 

Scott Anderson, president of CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), EM’s cleanup contractor at the site, said his employees used their combined knowledge and lessons learned to safely complete this work. Link to Update

July 2, 2019 – EM deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) crew members used ingenuity and lessons learned to develop a conveyor system to safely remove material containing asbestos from inside a building at the West Valley Demonstration Project. 

Workers used the conveyor system to get rid of about 56,000 pounds of plaster containing asbestos material from the walls of a control room on the fourth floor of the Main Plant Process Building. They are clearing away asbestos material to prepare the structure for demolition. Link to article

June 28, 2019 –  The West Valley Citizen Task Force will not meet in June. 

The July 24 meeting will go forward as scheduled and the agenda for that meeting will be available in mid-July. Link to article