[CPEO-BIF] Doxey site cleanup. Glen Cover, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Grant Heralds Final Phase of Waterfront Cleanup
$815,000 awarded for Doxey site cleanup.

by Leah Bush
Glen Cove Patch (NY)
October 10, 2013

The City of Glen Cove announced Thursday that the final phase of  
environmental clean-up at the City’s waterfront, the last 1.5 percent  
of a three decade, multi-jurisdictional effort, will begin thanks to  
$815,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The funds will support the clean-up of the Doxey site in Glen Cove,  
which is the final brownfield site in Glen Cove’s Waterfront  
Redevelopment Area.

...

In Glen Cove, at least 38 acres of tidal habitat in Hempstead Harbor  
were impacted by contaminants, reducing the quality of habitat  
available for fish, wildlife, and shellfish; and, elevated  
concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),  
pesticides, and metals were identified in the sediment of Glen Cove  
Creek. The public has been largely unable to access the waterfront  
lots for safety reasons since cleanup began in the late 1980’s.

...

For the entire article, see
http://glencove.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/grant- 
heralds-final-phase-of-waterfront-cleanup

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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