Report: Management Alert: Fish Consumption Advisory Signage at the Eighteenmile Creek Superfund Site in Niagara County, New York
March 18, 2026, Report No. 26-E-0018
Why We Did This Report
During a July 2025 inspection of a nearby Superfund site, the EPA OIG visited the Eighteenmile Creek Superfund site to assess the quality of its institutional controls and risk communication. The EPA placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List and began investigating the site in 2012. The Agency discovered that the site’s sediments, soil, and surface water were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. The EPA relies on institutional controls, including New York State’s fish consumption advisory, as part of the remedy to limit the public’s exposure to these harmful contaminants.
Summary of Findings
We are alerting the EPA about inadequate risk communication at the Eighteenmile Creek Superfund site.
Report Materials
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