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Tonawanda Coke Corporation Fact Sheet, December 2019

The Tonawanda Coke Company operated a coke manufacturing facility from 1978 until operations at the site were abandoned in October 2018, leaving behind numerous coal/coke piles, drums and tanks with coal tar sludges, acids, bases, flammable liquids and potentially explosive materials.The Tonawanda Coke facility is comprised of two parcels of land separated by River Road.

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