GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER DELIVER NEARLY $90M IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT CLEANUP EFFORTS, ANNOUNCE NEW BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO CLEAN UP NUCLEAR WASTE, PROTECT WESTERN NEW YORKERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:

Today, following years of continued advocacy, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that they have secured $90 million in federal funding in the just passed Energy and Water spending bill for the clean-up of the West Valley Demonstration Project. In addition, the senators announced they have introduced bipartisan legislation to support and extend the authorization for the cleanup and remediation of nuclear waste at the West Valley Demonstration Project site, a decades-old contaminated site in Cattaraugus County that continues to pose risks to public health and the environment.

The legislation would rea...