[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Long Island, New York's former military sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hazards at LI's former military sites

Long Island Newsday (NY)
April 20, 2014

Eight of the 17 former military installations on Long Island could  
have hazardous or toxic waste or unexploded munitions present, but  
the federal agency in charge of the sites lacks the funding to  
conduct recommended safety investigations, according to documents and  
federal officials.

The former defense sites are run by the Army Corps of Engineers,  
which has a backlog of about $500 million in cleanup or investigation  
projects in the New York and New Jersey area, an agency spokesman said.

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For the entire article, see
http://data.newsday.com/long-island/data/long-island/military- 
installments/

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Lenny Siegel
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