From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 3 Sep 2024 14:21:45 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES, PFAS, CONTRACTORS: Former Navy-Grumman site in Calverton, NY |
Navy seeks community feedback on cleanup of former Grumman site in Calverton, sets next public advisory board meeting for Oct. 29 By Denise Civiletti Riverhead Local (NY) August 30, 2024 Five key takeaways: • The Navy is asking the community to complete a seven-question survey about the Calverton site cleanup and concerns about its impacts to environment • The next public meeting of the community advisory board has been scheduled for Oct. 29 at Riley Avenue Elementary School in Calverton • The Navy, which is still cleaning up pollution at the former Grumman site in Calverton, is conducting a community survey seeking feedback on site cleanup and remediation activities. • The Navy says it is still not prepared to discuss what it will or won’t do about PFAS pollution at the site, because it is still waiting for Department of Defense policy on the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s rule, finalized in April, setting strict maximum contaminant levels for PFAS in drinking water. • At the Oct. 29 meeting, the Navy will give “a presentation on buried drums” at the Calverton site. The Navy, which is still cleaning up pollution at the former Grumman site in Calverton, is conducting a community survey seeking feedback on site cleanup and remediation activities. … For the entire article, see https://riverheadlocal.com/2024/08/30/navy-seeks-community-feedback-on-cleanup-of-former-grumman-site-in-calverton-sets-next-public-advisory-board-meeting-for-oct-29/ — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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