Abbreviations
CEC: Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
COIN: Coalition of Impacted Neighborhoods
DEC: Department of Environmental Conservation (New York State)
DOH: Department of Health (New York State)
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
ESI: Environment and Society Institute, University at Buffalo
FOIL: Freedom of Information Law
HWCHA: Hickory Woods Concerned Homeowners’ Association
HWRCE: Hickory Woods Residents for a Clean Environment
PAH: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
ppm: parts per million