Bill Text: NY A09491 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-02 - referred to environmental conservation [A09491 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09491-Introduced.html

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                           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
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       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:
    1    Section 1. The department of environmental conservation shall expedite
    2  the design and construction phases of a project to intercept and remedi-
    3  ate the Navy Grumman plume of groundwater contaminants,  especially  PCE
    4  and TCE, utilizing hydraulic containment and remediation without utiliz-
    5  ing  well  head  treatment, which is a measure of last resort only. This
    6  must be accomplished in a manner which halts the movement of this  plume
    7  and  stops  its  migration  before it contaminates the public or private
    8  water supply wells of the Massapequa water district, the South  Farming-
    9  dale  water district, and the New York American Water Corporation wells.
   10  This plume is specifically  emanating  from  the  former  Naval  Weapons
   11  Industrial  Plant  operated  by  the  United States Navy and the Grumman
   12  Aircraft Engineering Corporation facilities in Bethpage, town of  Oyster
   13  Bay, county of Nassau.
   14    S  2.  For areas related to this site or sites of location of this new
   15  construction, the department of environmental conservation shall deliver
   16  to the New York state legislature a timetable and its plan for a  sched-
   17  ule  of design and construction of the hydraulic containment and remedi-
   18  ation facilities, and their continuous  operation  until  the  plume  is
   19  fully remediated.
   20    S  3. This removal of containments from the underground aquifer system
   21  must be accomplished in a timely manner as to remove potentially harmful
   22  chemicals from this site before they reach the water supply wells of the
   23  Massapequa water district, the South  Farmingdale  water  district,  and
   24  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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    1  in a thorough manner the department of environmental  conservation  must
    2  also  protect  the  natural  resources  and specifically the fresh water
    3  bodies, tributaries, wetlands and the salt water  natural  resources  of
    4  the Great South Bay from these harmful chemicals.
    5    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.