[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Navy won’t change stance on groundwater pollution outside the Grumman fence," Calverton, NY

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy won’t change stance on groundwater pollution outside the Grumman fence, despite new EPA health advisory for PFAS

By Denise Civiletti
Riverhead Local (NY)
December 17, 2022

Despite a dramatic reduction in a federal health advisory level for PFAS in drinking water announced in June by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Navy will still rely on the old EPA health advisory level to rule out intervention in areas near the former Naval Weapons Reserve Plant in Calverton, where PFAS and other chemicals have been detected in private residential wells. 

The Navy did use the EPA’s new PFAS lifetime health advisory level and new screening standards to re-evaluate known and potential contamination on the Calverton site itself. It has reversed previous decisions to close out investigations of groundwater contamination at five “areas of concern” on the site and has also added a new “area of concern” for further investigation, Navy officials told community residents at a virtual public hearing this week. 

The meeting was the Navy’s first public meeting about cleanup efforts at Calverton since the EPA announcement in June.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2022/12/17/navy-wont-change-stance-on-groundwater-pollution-outside-the-grumman-fence-despite-new-epa-health-advisory-for-pfas/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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