[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: Navy may dissolve Calverton (NY) Restoration Advisory Board

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy, under fire for groundwater pollution in Manorville, may use unpublicized survey to justify dissolving Grumman cleanup advisory board
Lack of responses to the 'environmental concerns survey' may lead Navy to dissolve 23-year-old advisory board due to 'insufficient interest' in the Grumman cleanup effort — but the Navy's outreach is 'a farce,' critic says

By Denise Civiletti 
Riverhead Local (NY)
June 9, 2021

The Navy is conducting an “environmental concerns” survey it says will be used to update its community involvement plan for the cleanup and restoration of the former Grumman site in Calverton.

The Navy did not provide details on what a community involvement plan update would look like, why it is being updated now and how the update would be used; it did not respond to questions submitted to its public affiars office earlier this week.

However, the continued existence of an official community advisory board may be at stake, according to a presentation given by the Navy at its most recent community meeting about the site.

At the last Calverton Restoration Advisory Board meeting on April 29, Navy representative Jennifer Zingalie said if there is no longer “sufficient, sustained community interest,” the Navy could dissolve the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board. Community membership on the RAB has dwindled to five people and the advisory board needs to have “at least 10 to 20 members,” Zingalie said.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2021/06/09/navy-under-fire-for-groundwater-pollution-in-manorville-may-use-unpublicized-survey-to-justify-dissolving-grumman-cleanup-advisory-board/

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Lenny Siegel
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