2021 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 18:19:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Zeldin requests EPA funds to bring public water to homes near the former Grumman site in Calverton, " NY
 
Zeldin requests EPA funds to bring public water to homes near the former Grumman site in Calverton

By Denise Civiletti
Riverhead Local (NY)
April 30, 2021

Rep. Lee Zeldin is seeking federal funding to bring public water to homes near the former Grumman plant in Calverton that rely on private wells.

Zeldin has requested more than $7.2 million in Community Project Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants program to assist the Riverhead Water District to provide public water for homes in the Manorville community, according to a spokesperson for the congressman. He has also requested more than $6.6 million to assist the Suffolk County Water Authority to provide public water to homes in the Manorville community located in Brookhaven Town, a spokesperson for SCWA said.

Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar did not return a phone call seeking comment. Councilman Frank Beyrodt, town board liaison to the Riverhead Water District, said Community Development director Dawn Thomas, who identifies and applies for grants and other funding sources on behalf of the town, drafted a letter to Zeldin signed by town board members, asking the congressman for the EPA funding.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2021/04/30/zeldin-requests-epa-funds-to-bring-public-water-to-homes-near-the-former-grumman-site-in-calverton/

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