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[Item information and date], Box/Folder #, MS 74, Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency Records, 1980-2003 University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Acquisition InformationThe original donation of 125 boxes of Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency (LCARA) records came to the University Archives in the late 1990s from the city of Niagara Falls, NY. After surveying the collection, it was determined not all of the records needed to be retained.
On January 6, 2003, Frank Cornell, executive director of LCARA, returned to the University Archives to determine which records to retain. The remaining 117 cartons were removed by Mr. Cornell.
Before being put on deposit in the University Archives, the LCARA collection was copied to on microfiche. Please contact the city of Niagara Falls, NY for further information.
A list of the original donation is located in the accession folder. Please see the Archivist for details.
Terms of AccessThe Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency papers are open for research.
CopyrightCopyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Processing InformationCollection processed by Nathan Tallman, October 2007.
Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection.
The Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency (LCARA) was government agency established by New York Governor, Hugh Carey on June 18, 1980 to organize the rehabilitation effort of the properties in the Emergency Declaration Area of Love Canal.
After the area was determined to be habitable, LCARA developed a Master Plan and Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the new planned community. Using this plan, LCARA began to repair and renovate buildings within "Ring 2". "Ring 2" was the second ring of homes around the Love Canal site to be evacuated. After repairs were made, LCARA sold homes to citizens and established the new Black Creek Community.
LCARA was officially disbanded in 2003 by New York State Legislation and a closing ceremony was held in the Black Creek Community. [See related resources for further historical context.]
This collection contains the several drafts and final copies of the Love Canal Area Master Plan and Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS). The Master Plan is a comprehensive document covering areas of a municipality's planned growth and future, including infrastructure and zoning. The GEIS accessed the cumulative impact of the chemical waste site and its lasting secondary effects on the area.
Several related governmental reports (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Congressional reports) on Love Canal are contained within the collection as well.
The collection also contains: minutes from 1982-1999 of LCARA board and committee meetings; audio cassette recordings of meetings; the Technical Review Committee's Habitability Study's original findings and reports; historical items related to Love Canal and Hooker Chemical; and documentation of the closing ceremonies.
This collection contains 6 series, primarily in chronological order within each series:
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.1 | New York State Environmental Quality Review Finding Statement, 2nd draft, undated | |
| 1.2 | New York State Environmental Quality Review Finding Statement, master copy, undated | |
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.3-1.6 |
Love Canal Area Master Plan,
draft,
1989
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| 1.7-1.8 |
Love Canal Area Master Plan,
1990
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Includes color photocopies of original inserts.
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| 1.9 |
Love Canal Area Master Plan,
1990
bound volume |
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| 1.10-1.11 |
Draft Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 1st draft,
1989
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| 1.12-2.2 |
Draft Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 2nd draft,
1989
[5 folders] |
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| 2.3-2.7 |
Draft Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 3rd draft,
1989
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| 2.8-2.12 |
Draft Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: final draft,
1989
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| 2.13 |
Draft Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: final draft, public copy,
1989
bound volume |
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Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement Hearing,
January 4, 1990 [Located in Tape Drawer]
3 audio cassettes Located in Tape Drawer |
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| 2.14-3.2 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 1st draft,
1990
4 folders |
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| 3.3-3.7 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 2nd draft,
1990
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| 3.8-3.13 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 3rd draft,
1990
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| 3.14-4.3 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: 4th draft,
1990
5 folders |
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| 4.4-4.6 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: final copy,
1990
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| 4.7-4.10 |
Final Generic Environmental Impact
Statement: Appendix A,
1990
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 4.11-4.13 |
City of Niagara Falls, Community Development:
Emergency Needs Grant
Application,
1980
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| 4.14 |
Federal Emergency Management Agency's report:
Love Canal Relocation Task Force, Status
Report,
August 1980
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| 4.15 |
New York State Department of Health's report:
Love Canal: A Special Report to the
Governor and Legislature,
April 1981
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| 5.1 |
Construction of Love Canal Project I,
Site Containment System, Volume I contract documents,
1982
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| 5.2 |
Federal Emergency Management Agency's report:
Love Canal: The Social Construction of
Disaster,
October 1982
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| 5.3 |
Congressional (US) report:
Habitability of the Love Canal Area: An
Analysis of the Technical Basis for Decision on the Habitability of the
Emergency Declaration Area: A Technical Memorandum,
June 1983
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| 5.4 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Site Investigations and Remedial Action
Alternatives, Love Canal Niagara Falls, NY: Raw Analytical Data,
1983
bound volume |
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| 5.5 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Health and Safety Plan, Perimeter Survey
and Long Term Monitoring Program Implementation, Phase I, Love Canal Remedial
Project Monitoring Program (Task VC),
September 1985
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| 5.6 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Engineering Investigations at Inactive
Hazardous Waste Sites - 97th Street Methodist Church, Phase I
investigation,
1986
bound volume |
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| 5.7 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Love Canal Remedial Project Task VC
Implementation of a Long-Term Monitoring Program,
June 1987
bound volume |
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| 6.1 |
State v. Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency court
documents,
1990
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Includes affidavits.
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| 6.2 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Engineering Investigations at Inactive
Hazardous Waste Sites - 97th Street Methodist Church, Phase II
investigation,
1990
bound volume |
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| 6.3 |
Contract document:
Remediation of 93rd Street School
Site,
1991
bound volume |
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| 6.4 |
Ecumenical Task Force, et all v. Love
Canal Area Revitalization Agency: Records on Appeal, Volume 1A court
document,
1991
bound volume |
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Includes index and affidavits.
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| 6.5-6.7 |
Draft Comprehensive Plan: City of Niagara Falls, NY,
1992
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| 6.8 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation:
1992 Love Canal Annual Report,
May 1993
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| 7.1 |
NPL Sites Groundwater Monitoring Well
Decommissioning contract documents,
1995
bound volume |
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| 7.2 |
Environmental Protection Agency, study charts and
maps, undated
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 7.3-7.5 | Minutes, 1982 | |
| 7.6 | Minutes, 1983 | |
| 7.7 | Minutes, 1984 | |
| 7.8 | Minutes, 1985 | |
| 7.9 | Minutes, 1986 | |
| 7.10 | Minutes, 1987 | |
| 7.11 | Minutes, 1988 | |
| 7.12 | Minutes, 1989 | |
| 7.13 | Minutes, 1990 | |
| 7.14 | Minutes, 1991 | |
| 7.15 | Minutes, 1992 | |
| 8.1-8.2 | Minutes, 1993 | |
| 8.3-8.4 | Minutes, 1994 | |
| 8.5-8.11 | Minutes, 1995 | |
| 8.12-9.2 | Minutes,
1996 10 folders |
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| 9.3-10.3 | Minutes,
1997 19 folders |
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| 10.4-10.16 | Minutes, 1998 | |
| 10.17-11.5 | Minutes,
1999 7 folders |
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| 11.6-11.7 | Minutes,
January 1988 - December 1994 bound volumes |
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| Box | Contents | |
| 17-19 | Recorded meetings,
1990-2000,
undated 105 audio cassettes |
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Includes LCARA Board and committee meetings.
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 11.8 | Inteligis, 1991 | |
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Includes documents regarding Inteligis software.
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| 11.9 | Disclosure packet, 1992 | |
| Appraisals conducted for LCARA on homes and community buildings within the Black Creek Community | ||
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 12.1 |
Appraisals,
1988-1989
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| 12.2-12.3 |
Appraisals,
1992
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| 12.4-12.5 |
Appraisals,
1994
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| 12.6-13.1 |
Appraisals,
1995
[2 folders] |
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| 13.2 |
Appraisals,
1997
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| 13.3 |
Appraisals,
1998
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 13.4-13.7 |
Meetings,
1989
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| 13.8-13.11 |
Public hearings,
1989
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Includes transcript of March 1, 1989.
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| 13.12 |
Correspondence,
1989
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| Resolutions were passed at the LCARA Agency as-a-whole level until about 1989, at which point they were passed at the Long Range Planning Committee. There are no records for 1990. | ||
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 13.13 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1986
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| 13.14 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1987
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| 13.15 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1988
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| 14.1-14.3 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1989
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| 14.4 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1991
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| 14.5-14.6 |
Meetings and resolutions,
1992-1993
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| The Technical Review Committee was an inter-agency group with which LCARA was involved. They produced the Habitability Study was used to determine the safety of the site. The group contracted CH2M Hill Southeast to conduct these testings. | ||
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 14.7 |
Meeting,
1986
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| 14.7 |
Meeting,
1986
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| 14.8-14.10 |
Meeting,
1987
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| 14.11-14.16 |
Meeting,
1988
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| 15.1-15.3 |
Meeting,
1989
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| 15.4 |
Meeting,
1990
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 15.5-15.7 |
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's report:
Air Study #18, Love Canal Phase
II,
1983
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| 15.8 |
New York State Department of Health's report:
Preliminary Analytical Results, Soil
Pilot II Sampling program,
1986
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| 15.9 |
Peer Reviews of the Love Canal
Full-Scale Sampling Plan,
1987
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Includes 4 separate reviews and meeting summary
report.
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| 15.10 |
Peer Reviewer's Preliminary Comments
on Volume II, Air Assessment, Indicator Chemicals,
1988
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| 15.11 |
Draft responses to Preliminary Peer
Review Comments of report: Volume II, Air Assessment, Indicator
Chemicals,
1988
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| 15.12-16.1 |
Volume III, Soil Assessment,
Indicator Chemicals,
1988
[5 folders] |
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| 16.2 |
Peer Reviewer's Preliminary Comments
on Volume III, Soil Assessment, Indicator Chemicals,
1988
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| 16.3 |
Draft responses to Preliminary Peer
Review Comments of Volume III, Soil Assessment, Indicator Chemicals,
1988
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| 16.4 |
Peer Reviewer's Preliminary Comments
on Volume IV, Soil Assessment, 2,3,7,8-TCDD,
1988
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| 16.5 |
Draft responses to Preliminary Peer
Review Comments of Volume IV, Soil Assessment, 2,3,7,8-TCDD,
1988
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| 16.6 |
Lockheed Engineering Management Services' report:
Soil Chemical Levels,
1998
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Includes soil sample results report.
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| 16.7 |
Technical Review Committee's Final
Report: Love Canal EDA Habitability Study, Volume 1: Introduction and
Decision-Making Documentation,
1988
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V. Collected documents |
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Arranged by subject. |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 16.8 | Love Canal area blueprints, undated | |
| 16.9 | Collected histories,
1981,
undated [Note: These documents are photocopies of original photographs received with collection. Originals' location unknown.] |
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Includes issue of
Reason magazine (February 1981)
and photocopies of contemporary resident's early 20th century photographs of
former Love Canal area residents.
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| Box | Contents | |
| 19 | Recordings,
1992,
undated 1 audio cassette and two 8mm video cassettes |
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Includes Archive (February 12, 1992), 1st news conference on
house sales, "EDA Misc".
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[Titles transcribed directly from cassettes] |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| + | Planning Maps,
1989-1990,
2000-2003 [Located in map case] 1 audio cassette and two 8mm video cassette [Located in map case] |
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Includes Archive (February 12, 1992), 1st news conference on
house sales, "EDA Misc".
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| Hooker Chemical and Plastics Company was bought by Occidental Chemical in 1968. Today it is called OxyChem. | ||
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 16.10-16.11 |
U.S. v. Hooker Chemicals,
1990
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Includes court transcripts.
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| 16.12 |
Occidental Chemical Love Canal literature,
1980-1990
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Includes program from Occidental Petroleum presentation to
the financial community, issue of
Factlinethe Occidental Chemical
newsletter, "Love Canal: The Facts (1982-1982)",
Love Canal, The Trial: 20 Questions your
neighbors might ask about the Love Canal trial, letter to Occidental
Chemical employees.
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| 16.13 |
Wartime production scrapbook,
1942
[Note: These documents are photocopies of original photographs received with collection. Originals' location unknown.] |
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| 16.14 |
Love Canal Residents v. Hooker Chemical: first round,
plaintiffs,
1990
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| 16.15 |
Love Canal Residents v. Hooker Chemical: first round,
complaint,
1990
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| 16.16 |
Love Canal Residents v. Hooker Chemical: second round,
1990
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 16.17 | Closing ceremony, 2003 | |
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Includes program, DVD of ceremony and news clippings.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
The original collection was 126 boxes of LCARA materials. Frank Cornell, Executive Director, hand-picked the present material to be retained in the University Archives. The remaining 117 boxes were removed by Frank Cornell.
A DVD containing two videos: the documentary Fighting for Utopia: The Love Canal Story, 1999 and home footage of 769 99th St. Niagara Falls, New York was removed to the DVD box.
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