[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Schumer calls for Calverton Navy Plant (NY) interim action

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senator: Poison waits for no study

MICHAEL WHITE
Riverhead News-Review (NY)
February 4, 2010

The U.S. Navy expects to release a report by year's end detailing the 
breadth of groundwater pollution flowing from the former Grumman jet 
plant in Calverton -- as well as possible remedies.

Although the Navy has said it is crucial to complete the report, known 
as a Corrective Measures Study, before any cleanup can begin, Senator 
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said "waiting around" until 2011 before taking 
corrective action would be a mistake.

"The facts are in and the Navy needs to know this: The poison Grumman 
plume is contaminating the Peconic River, no questions about it, and 
cleanup must begin posthaste," Mr. Schumer said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.timesreview.com/NR/stories/R020410_Plume_mw

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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