2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:34:40 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] VOXs,REUSE: Enterprise Park at Calverton (NY) cleanup
 
Consultant: Portion of pollution cleanup at EPCAL could take 30 years

by Tim Gannon
Riverbed News-Review (NY)
April 15, 2017

Part of the more than $11 million cleanup effort underway at the Enterprise Park at Calverton could take up to 30 years to complete, according to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, which is charged with remediating pollution caused by the U.S. Navy when it leased the site to the Grumman Corporation more than 20 years ago.

The Navy still owns 208 acres at EPCAL that were not turned over to Riverhead Town in 1998 because of pollution caused by activities conducted at the site between 1950 and 1996.

The goal is to eventually turn that acreage over to Riverhead as well, but there is currently no timetable for doing so, according to environmental engineer Joseph McCloud, who is overseeing the NAVFAC cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2017/04/80154/consultant-portion-of-pollution-cleanup-at-epcal-could-take-30-years/ 

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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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