[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Clean-up options for Calverton (NY) Navy plume

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Despite Active Clean-Up Options for Calverton Plume, Locals Unsure
Though the Navy presented options to combat contamination more  
aggressively, local advisory board believes still not good enough.

By Joseph Pinciaro
Riverhead Patch (NY)
May 18, 2011

After the U.S. Navy presented a study in April detailing active  
remediation plans for groundwater contamination near the former  
Grumman naval weapons plant in Calverton, it is currently considering  
which plan is the best approach for cleaning up the toxic plume.

Plans for active remediation as opposed to the route taken in recent  
years – natural attenuation, a passive process – has the support of  
Restoration Advisory Board, a group of local citizens and civic group  
members.

However, Bill Gunther, co-chair of the RAB and an engineer at  
Brookhaven National Lab, wants to see more than just plans for an  
active clean-up.

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For the entire article, see
http://riverhead.patch.com/articles/despite-active-clean-up-options- 
for-calverton-plume-locals-unsure

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