[CPEO-BIF] Lawrence Aviation Industries to pay for Port Jefferson (New ro) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company To Pay $48M For Hazardous Dumping in Port Jeff
A former Long Island defense contractor was ordered to pay $48 million for hazardous dumping on Long Island. 

By Stephen Romano 
Port Jefferson Patch (NY)
April 15, 2019

A judge ordered a former Long Island defense contractor and its CEO to pay more than $48 million in cleanup costs and penalties for discharging hazardous substances in Port Jefferson.

Lawrence Aviation Industries, Inc. and CEO Gerald Cohen were hit with the environmental cleanup penalties for dumping hazardous substances at LAI's Port Jefferson facility. 

The substances could cause harm to human health and the environment, officials said. 

“This case and the significant monetary penalties imposed by the court should serve as a warning to would-be polluters, including individuals, that this Office and the EPA will use every tool at their disposal to protect Long Island’s groundwater and to ensure that those responsible for contamination will foot the bill for clean-up costs,” said Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. 


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For the entire article, see
https://patch.com/new-york/portjefferson/company-pay-48m-hazardous-dumping-long-island

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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