[CPEO-MEF] Old Roosevelt Field (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA Presents Plan To Clean Contaminated Site

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese
Garden City News (NY)
September 14, 2007

Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented 
their plan to clean up the Old Roosevelt Field Contaminated Groundwater 
Area Superfund site at a public meeting on September 11th.

The site being discussed is located on the eastern side of Clinton Road 
at the intersection of Old Country Road, and includes a thin strip of 
open space along Clinton (known as Hazelhurst Park), Roosevelt Field 
Mall, and several office buildings in Garden City Plaza. The groundwater 
in that area was contaminated by trichloroethene (TCE) and 
tetrachloroethene (PCE), two chlorinated solvents which were widely used 
for aircraft manufacturing, maintenance and repair operations, some time 
during and after World War II.

...

An attorney for the EPA explained that the agency is currently trying to 
determine the responsible party. The Roosevelt Field site was used for 
aviation activities from 1911 to 1951. The United States Navy and Army 
used the site during both World War I and II, after which the property 
reverted to a commercial airfield before closing in 1951. In addition, 
there were several private companies that operated on the site. The 
attorney asked the Village for any documentation they may have that can 
help prove who is responsible.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gcnews.com/news/2007/0914/Front_Page/001.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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