| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 6 Jul 2016 19:07:57 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Hempstead sues over Bethpage facility contamination |
Hempstead sues Navy, Grumman, others over water contamination By Emily C. Dooley Long Island Newsday (NY) July 6, 2016 Hempstead Town is suing the Navy, Northrop Grumman, operators of a former dry cleaner and others in federal court for a minimum of $50 million over groundwater contamination that forced the closure of water wells in Levittown. America’s most populous town filed the lawsuit June 30 in U.S. District Court in Central Islip claiming that negligent and reckless behavior and lack of proper controls contaminated drinking water supplies in the town-run Levittown water district, which serves 50,000 customers. The town discovered low levels of the chemical Freon and volatile organic chemicals, including the degreaser and possible carcinogen trichloroethylene, or TCE, at two well sites in July 2013. … For the entire article, see http://www.newsday.com/long-island/hempstead-sues-navy-grumman-others-over-water-contamination-1.12012268 -- 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/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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