[CPEO-MEF] CONTRACTORS, REGULATION: Suffolk County, NY: "Former Grumman plant in Calverton should be made priority superfund site by EPA"

[Lenny Siegel]

Romaine: Former Grumman plant in Calverton should be made priority superfund site by EPA

By Alek Lewis
Riverhead Local (NY)
February 21, 2025,

Cleanup of the former Northrop-Grumman facility in Calverton should be taken over by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and made a priority cleanup site under the superfund program, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine said.

The Navy, which is leading the cleanup of the property, has moved too slowly in addressing pollution at and around the former manufacturing and testing facility, Romaine said in a Feb. 11 letter to Acting Secretary of the Navy Terence Emmert. “This has resulted in inadequate protection of the public’s health, of the local environment and the Peconic River,” he wrote.

He wrote that there needs to be a plan to clean up areas that contain ”unacceptable levels of contamination” by chemicals. Romaine said the former Navy facility, which is a federal and state superfund site, should be evaluated by the EPA and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for inclusion on the national priorities list — the designation given by the EPA to sites most seriously in need of long-term cleanup.  Read Romaine’s letter below.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2025/02/21/romaine-former-grumman-plant-in-calverton-should-be-made-priority-superfund-site-by-epa/

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Lenny Siegel
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