ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – After more than five years of frustration the Seneca Nation has filed a Notice of Suit against the city of Olean saying it was “frustrated by continued dangerous overflows from the City of Olean Wastewater Treatment Plant into the Allegheny River.” The Seneca Nation filed the Notice Monday. “The river, which we call Ohi:yo’, has been under decades of attack in the form of the continued, dangerous, and unlawful discharges from the Olean Wastewater Treatment Plant,” said Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong, Sr. “The health and safety of Ohi:yo’ and the many people who utilize and depend upon its waters, including the Seneca people and many of our neighbors, must be prioritized and protected.” The Notice of Claim preserves the Nation’s right to initiate a…
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