[CPEO-MEF] Roosevelt Field, Garden City, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. EPA Region 2
Press Release
August 23, 2007


EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Old Roosevelt Field Contaminated 
Groundwater Area Superfund Site


(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a 
cleanup plan for the Old Roosevelt Field Contaminated Groundwater Area 
Superfund site in Garden City, New York. Under the proposed plan, EPA 
will treat the ground water, which is contaminated, and take steps to 
minimize the movement of contaminants to mitigate any potential future 
health and environmental impacts.

"It is a shame that Roosevelt Field, with its rich aviation history 
aiding America's efforts in World Wars I and II must today address 
hazardous waste contamination from the past," said Regional 
Administrator Alan J. Steinberg. "Today, the property is flourishing as 
an area of business, and EPA's proposed cleanup plan sets out to ensure 
the safety of everyone who visits, works or lives near this area."

...

The Old Roosevelt Field site consists of ground water contaminated with 
volatile organic chemicals. It includes the land formerly utilized as an 
airfield, which currently consists of a thin strip of open space along 
the eastern side of Clinton Road, a large retail shopping mall with a 
number of restaurants, and a movie theater. Several office buildings are 
located on the perimeter of the mall. One of EPA's main cleanup goals is 
to extract ground water contaminated by trichloroethene (TCE) and 
tetrachloroethene (PCE), which has impacted two of Garden City's 
drinking water supply wells, known as 10 and 11, that are located just 
east of Clinton Road. The plan proposed by EPA calls for the extraction 
of ground water to prevent the contaminated ground water from spreading 
further. Ground water with high concentrations of TCE and PCE would be 
pulled out through a well to limit the impact to Garden City's supply 
wells and would be treated to remove contaminants. The treated water 
would then be discharged to a nearby recharge basin.

...

For the entire press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/087c5d3765b4394f8525734100566569?OpenDocument

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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