2023 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, CONTRACTORS: "Navy will update the community next week on investigation into water pollution near former Grumman site in Calverton, " NY
 
Navy will update the community next week on investigation into water pollution near former Grumman site in Calverton

By Alek Lewis
Riverhead Local (NY)
April 12, 2023

Navy representatives and their consultants will present updates to the investigation into PFAS chemicals and the monitoring of other volatile organic compounds in wells surrounding the former Grumman site at the next meeting of the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board, Wednesday, April 19. ...

The RAB, which meets semiannually, was established in 1997 to facilitate communication between the community and the U.S. Navy regarding the cleanup and restoration of the 2,900-acre site in Calverton owned by the Navy until 1998 and leased to Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman Aerospace) to manufacture and test military aircraft and equipment, and also conduct firefighting training activities, from the 1950s until 1994.

PFAS chemicals, which environmental and health agencies say cause cancers and other adverse health effects, were detected in groundwater at the former Northrop Grumman site in Calverton as early as 2016 and has been migrating off-site, apparently impacting private drinking water wells south and southeast of the former Naval manufacturing facility, which was shut down in 1994.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2023/04/12/navy-will-update-the-community-next-week-on-investigation-into-water-pollution-near-former-grumman-site-in-calverton/

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