Assembly Bill A9491

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the department of environmental conservation to expedite groundwater cleanup efforts of the Navy Grumman plume

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation

2013-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to expedite groundwater cleanup efforts of the Navy Grumman plume emanating from the former Naval Weapons Industrial Plant operated by the United States Navy and the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at their facilities at Bethpage, town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau.

2013-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9491

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT in relation to directing the department of environmental conser-
  vation to expedite groundwater cleanup efforts  of  the  Navy  Grumman
  plume  emanating  from the former Naval Weapons Industrial Plant oper-
  ated by the United States Navy and the  Grumman  Aircraft  Engineering
  Corporation at their facilities at Bethpage, town of Oyster Bay, coun-
  ty of Nassau

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The department of environmental conservation shall expedite
the design and construction phases of a project to intercept and remedi-
ate the Navy Grumman plume of groundwater contaminants,  especially  PCE
and TCE, utilizing hydraulic containment and remediation without utiliz-
ing  well  head  treatment, which is a measure of last resort only. This
must be accomplished in a manner which halts the movement of this  plume
and  stops  its  migration  before it contaminates the public or private
water supply wells of the Massapequa water district, the South  Farming-
dale  water district, and the New York American Water Corporation wells.
This plume is specifically  emanating  from  the  former  Naval  Weapons
Industrial  Plant  operated  by  the  United States Navy and the Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corporation facilities in Bethpage, town of  Oyster
Bay, county of Nassau.
  S  2.  For areas related to this site or sites of location of this new
construction, the department of environmental conservation shall deliver
to the New York state legislature a timetable and its plan for a  sched-
ule  of design and construction of the hydraulic containment and remedi-
ation facilities, and their continuous  operation  until  the  plume  is
fully remediated.
  S  3. This removal of containments from the underground aquifer system
must be accomplished in a timely manner as to remove potentially harmful
chemicals from this site before they reach the water supply wells of the
Massapequa water district, the South  Farmingdale  water  district,  and
those  of the New York American Water Corporation. By accomplishing this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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