[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Schumer: Navy's Bethpage (NY) plan "insufficient"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Office of Senator Charles Schumer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2013

SCHUMER: NAVY’S PLAN FOR TOXIC PLUME REMEDIATION IS INSUFFICIENT AND MOVING TOO SLOWLY; CALLS FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE REMEDIATION EFFORTS TO TREAT CONTAMINATED WATER IN NASSAU & RELEASE PLANS BEFORE END OF MARCH

Schumer Presses Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Navy & EPA to Create Comprehensive Cleanup Plan that Would Remediate Toxic Plume Affecting Over 250,000 Nassau County Residents

Schumer Calls for Plan to Be Released Before March 31st; Timeline Must Be Implemented to Prevent Further Delays

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called for two steps that would move forward the remediation efforts at the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant in Bethpage, which has created a toxic plume that impacts the Massapequa community. First, Schumer called on the U.S. Department of Navy to include a more aggressive and comprehensive approach to treating the plume in their upcoming Record of Decision (ROD) regarding the Bethpage plume as opposed to the proposed and costly post-contamination well-head treatment plans. Second, Schumer called on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to release the ROD, on the newest remediation plan for the plume, known as “OU-3,” before March 31, 2013.  In addition, DEC must establish a timeline that requires certain milestones be met at specific dates. For years, Schumer has been a leading advocate for aggressive federal cleanup of the Bethpage toxic plume, which affects the Bethpage, Massapequa, South Farmingdale and Wantagh communities. Schumer today is urging the Navy and the DEC to immediately move forward in an effective way that would proactively address the Bethpage plume.

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For the entire release and letter, see
http://www.schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=341183&;

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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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