Re: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTORS: New York "State approves $585M plan to clean up Bethpage groundwater contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

See also https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/22/new-york-long-island-toxic-plume-northrop-grumman-u-s-navy/

On Dec 22, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

State approves $585M plan to clean up Bethpage groundwater contamination

By David M. Schwartz and David Olson
Long Island Newsday (NY)
December 21, 2019

New York State will move forward with its $585 million plan to stop the spread of groundwater pollution in Bethpage and clean it up using two dozen wells pumping and treating millions of gallons of water each day, state officials said.

The Department of Environmental Conservation's plan, approved Friday by state regulators, comes over the objections of Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy, who both are considered “potentially responsible parties” for the groundwater contamination.

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For the entire article and a link to the official report, see
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/environment/bethpage-plume-1.39689286

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A project of the Pacific Studies Center

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