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This subseries documents ASLF's projects in the Northeast states, including: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The majority of the northeast projects are from ASLF's home state of New York. The first ever Right-to-Know Act citizen suit was settled in 1990 by ASLF in a landmark settlement involving ARO Corporation, located in Buffalo. In Syracuse, Onondaga Lake, which was considered one of the most polluted lakes in the United States during the late 1980s, was a focus of ASLF efforts. ASLF settled several cases, including one against Bristol Meyers Squib, to reduce pollutions discharged in to the lake and remediate damages.