[CPEO-BIF] Pall Corp. site, Port Washington, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pall Corp. to pay $2M to clean Glen Cove waste site

By JENNIFER SMITH
Long Island Newsday (NY)
November 9, 2009

One of Long Island's largest companies has agreed to pay New York $2 
million to clean up hazardous waste at a state Superfund site in Glen 
Cove where the firm once manufactured high-tech filters.

The settlement with Pall Corp. of Port Washington will cover most of the 
state's estimated $2.4 million cost to address pollution at the 5-acre 
site, according to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office, which 
announced the deal Monday.

It covers contaminated soil and groundwater down to 60 feet below the 
surface at 30 and 36 Sea Cliff Ave. The state Department of 
Environmental Conservation is still investigating deep groundwater 
contamination there and could pursue further legal action, Cuomo's 
office said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/pall-corp-to-pay-2m-to-clean-glen-cove-waste-site-1.1576790

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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