About TNSI

Tonawanda Nuclear Site Info is a public service of James Rauch. A scientist by inclination and training (SUNYaB, B.S. Pharmacy, 1974, summa cum laude), Mr. Rauch has advocated public interest solutions to deal with health and environmental quality problems for over thirty years.

His participation in public review processes includes state acid rain regulations, organic chemicals in drinking water, NYS Air Implementation Plan, and cleanup of three local nuclear waste sites: the Niagara Falls Storage Site, West Valley, and the Tonawanda Site. He was the only member of the public to review and comment on all three parts (RI/BRA/FS) of the U.S. Energy Department's 1993 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Tonawanda Site.

Together with former Linde/Praxair employee Don Finch and former OCAW local president Ralph Krieger, he helped to form the F.A.C.T.S. (For A Clean Tonawanda Site) public interest watchdog group in 1994. From the outset, Mr. Rauch has served as a technical advisor to the organization. The group was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in October 1997 by Don Finch, Ralph Krieger, and former Linde/Praxair employee Tom Schafer.

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