| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Oct 2017 05:17:13 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Schumer, Navy secretary tour Bethpage [NY] well site" |
Schumer, Navy secretary tour Bethpage well site By Emily C. Dooley Long Island Newsday (NY) September 29, 2017 Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Sen. Chuck Schumer met Friday with representatives of local water districts to discuss toxic plumes emanating from a Bethpage site where the Navy and the company that is now Northrop Grumman operated for decades. Spencer and Schumer (D-N.Y.) and members of the Bethpage, Massapequa and South Farmingdale water districts discussed the plumes, speeding up the cleanup and addressing possible radioactive contamination. A Bethpage School District representative was also in attendance. “The Navy knows its responsibilities,” Spencer said after the gathering. “The Navy is not going anywhere. The Navy is part of this community . . . and we will do what is the right thing to do.” … For the entire article, see http://www.newsday.com/news/health/schumer-navy-sec-y-to-tour-bethpage-well-site-today-1.14298168 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 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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