[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Navy to conduct additional testing for PFAS groundwater contamination at former Grumman manufacturing site in Calverton, " NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy to conduct additional testing for PFAS groundwater contamination at former Grumman manufacturing site in Calverton

By Denise Civiletti 
Riverhead Local (NYB)
September 17, 2020

After finding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the former Grumman site in Calverton, the Navy will conduct further testing to determine the extent of PFAS groundwater contamination there.

In a letter dated Aug. 12, the Department of the Navy asked the town to allow its engineers access to two town-owned parcels at the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant to conduct additional environmental investigation.

The town board at its meeting Tuesday authorized the supervisor to sign a consent agreement granting the Navy access to town’s property.

The investigation will also include three Navy-owned parcels at the EPCAL site and will last approximately two years, the Navy said in the letter. The Navy plans to obtain additional soil samples and install both temporary wells and long-term monitoring wells at the site. The monitoring wells will remain in place until the investigation is complete and will be accessed every three to six months to collect groundwater samples.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2020/09/17/navy-to-conduct-additional-soil-and-groundwater-testing-for-pfas-contamination-at-calverton-enterprise-park/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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