[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: News test wells at Calverton (NY) Grumman plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy Begins Drilling More Testing Wells South of Former Grumman Plant

The sites will test the extent of the underground contaminated plume  
and measure chemical concentrations.

By Paul Squire
Riverhead Patch
November 21, 2011
The U.S. Navy began drilling new testing wells south of a underground  
plume of contaminated groundwater at the former Grumman defense plant  
in Calverton last week to test the extent of the pollution and ensure  
the toxins have not yet reached the Peconic River.

The sites, located farther south than previous testing areas south of  
River Road in the Suffolk County Parks area, will monitor chemical  
concentrations.

The underground plume of polluted water, caused by solvents and fuel  
dumped at the site when it was used by Grumman from 1954 to 1996, is  
over a mile long. Residents, civic and environmental groups have  
raised concerns that the  plume could spread into the Peconic River  
and affect animal and plant life.


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For the entire article, see
http://riverhead.patch.com/articles/navy-building-more-testing-sites- 
south-of-former-grummann-plant

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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
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