FRANKLINVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed that a chemical discharge from the Great Lakes Cheese facility in Franklinville was responsible for a fish kill in Ischua Creek last month.

In a statement released Saturday, the DEC said water testing revealed elevated levels of nitrate, low dissolved oxygen conditions and ammonia considered toxic to fish and aquatic life.

On Friday, dozens of neighbors protested outside the Great Lakes Cheese facility. Ken Kellner, one resident, said they were demanding answers and accountability.

"We wanted to get it out there," Kellner said. "There are a lot of people, even local people, that don't have any idea what's going on. We talk to people every day, and it's like they have no idea that it ha

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