DEC to inspect Niagara Falls Goodyear plant as full closure nears, date unknown

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email After 80 years in Niagara Falls, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s plant has ceased production and has begun the process of decommissioning. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 9 Acting Director Chad Staniszewski told BTPM News earlier this week the agency is in conversation with the factory to ensure shutdown and removal of waste is done properly. He said this process is expected to take a few months. "Our understanding is that Goodyear continues to actively work towards facility shutdown; that they would like to do that in an appropriate manner in the shortest time that they can," Staniszewski said. "And I think they were looking at the first quarter of 2027 to really have a lot of that work done, but we'll see if that's actually the schedule that ends up happening." A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, posted Oct. 26 states work will end for 51 of the plant's 56 employees on Dec. 30, 2026.

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