[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Bethpage [NY] Water District official disappointed Navy not supporting plume remediation plan"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bethpage Water District official disappointed Navy not supporting plume remediation plan


News 12 Long Island (NY)
September 16, 2019 

A key player in a plan to clean up a toxic underground plume in Bethpage that is contaminating the groundwater says it's not on board with the mop-up.

Mike Boufis heads up the Bethpage Water District in the epicenter of Long Island's largest groundwater plume of toxic chemicals. The contamination is linked to the former Northrop Grumman and Navy facility in Bethpage.

"It has the potential to impact hundreds of thousands of residents," says Boufis.

That is why Boufis and other water districts in the plume’s direct path are fuming over the U.S. Navy's recent refusal to pay for a $585 million plan by New York state to clean up Long Island’s sole source aquifer.

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For the entire story, see
http://longisland.news12.com/story/41053873/bethpage-water-district-official-disappointed-navy-not-supporting-plume-remediation-plan

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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