Bethpage-Tribune_1988-03-24

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VOL. 32 NO. 44
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Oyster Bay R.A.P.S Up
Landfill Cleanup Proposal
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Angelo
A. Delligatti announced State and
E.P.A. acceptance of the Town's prop­osal
for a remedial action plan (R. A.P.)
to clean up pollutants at the former
Town landfill in Old Bethpage.
"Now that New York State and the
Environmental Protection Agency have
agreed that the remediation plan deve­loped
and designed by the Town is the
best way to proceed, I will be pressing
all parties to agree to the payment plan
currently proposed by the Town so that
we can immediately begin implement­ing
the program," said Delligatti.
Under a 1984 consent agreement the
Town voluntarily entered into with the
State Attorney General and the
Peparltnent of Environmental Conser­vation,
the Town undertook an exhaus-./
tive study of the effects of the 37 year old
landfill on the surrounding: environ­ment.
This was accomplished through
the implementation of test wells and
analysis of test material to determine
the various components of those sam­ples.
Although the study demonstrated
that no public drinking water had been
affected by the former landfilling opera­tion.
Town engineers continued explor­atory
drilling, well placement and
laboratory analysis to clearly identify
the boundaries of the contamination.
"The R.A. P. designed by the Town as
a result of this extensive investigation
will result in a completion of the cap­ping
program currently underway, con­tinuation
of Long Island's largest
methane recovery/energy conversion
program, and the pumping and treating
of groundwater contaminants that have
leached through from tj;ie 37 years of
active landfilling," Delligatti explained.
The remediation plan calls for water
to be pumped, treated and returned to
the aquifer in a continuous cycle for a
period of approximately ten years. This
cleaned water will exceed State drinking
water standards and can be utilized in
the Town's proposed resource recovery
plant and for irrigation of the golf
courses located at adjacent Bethpage
State Park.
Delligatti said, "We are hopeful that,
if the State approves the proposed
resource recovery plant at the Town site
adjoining the landfill we will be able to
utilize the treated water in our waste-to-energy
system-effectively minimizing
the use of drinking-quality water.
"Simultaneously, treated water could
be used to alleviate the water shortage
experienced by the State's Department
of Parks and Recreation at the five golf
courses in Bethpage State Park. In view
of the water restrictions placed on local
water districts by the Department of
Environmental Conservation this
action will permit continual watering of
greens and fairways without straining
local water reserves."
While the Acceptance of the R.A,P.
completes the Town's responsibility
under the 1984 agreement, Delligatti
said that he will be pressing those par­ties
being sued by the State and the
Town for their previous dumping prac­tices
at the landfill to sign a settlement
agreement which would finance the
remediation program and, thereby,
clear the way for the Town to go for­ward
with immediate implementation.
Attorneys for all parties are expected to
meet within the next two weeks. It is
hoped that a final agreement will be
reached at that time that will establish
the payment by each party.
Delligatti noted that this agreement
has been under developement for the
past few years. "We are very close to the
point where all parties will agree to the
settlement guidelines. If this does not
occur then we will begin trial proceed­ings
to obtain the appropriate
financing."
"Now that the State and the E.P.A.
have accepted the Town's plan and
agreed with our remediation measures
we can continue to clean up the prob­lems
caused by past disposal practices.
At the same time we are ridding our
groundwater of contaminants we will be
helping dispose of current waste in a
modern resource recovery plant," con­cluded
Delligatti.
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Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta« (third from right), atteRded the 30th
anniversary celebration of the Bethpage Women's club which was recently held at
the Bethpage Public Library. County Executive Gulotta presented a Citation to the
Club« in recognition of their 30th anniversary. In the photo are, from left to right:
Janet Steiniger, Recording Secretary; Jean Morrongiello, Treasurer; Louise Quin-tana.
Corresponding Secretary; Marge Saum, President; Dorothy Rode, Vice
President.
At the 30th celebration County Executive Gulotta presented a citation to
Grace Marshall of Bethpage, who is Past President as well as a Charter
Member off the Bethpage Women's Club, in recognition of the outstanding
service she provided to the organization in her tenore as President. Congratu­lation
to all the members of the Bethpage Women's Club for 30 years of
community Service.