A recent bill (A9492, S7832) seeks to alleviate the threat of the Grumman and Navy toxic waste plume originating in Bethpage and prevent it from spreading to south eastern Nassau County. It is now moving toward the Massapequa Water District water supply wells, as well as numerous preserves and parks, endangering these lands.
The bill was passed by the state assembly and state senate and now sits on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk. State Assemblyman Joseph Saladino, state Sen. Kemp Hannon and many other public and private individuals have asked for “everyone” to contact the governor and ask him to sign the bill, to promote the hydraulic removal, purification and re-injection of purified water into the acquifier as is being done by Nassau County at Mitchel Field and the fireman’s training center in Old Bethpage. This would give a permanent solution to the problem and save the Massapequa Preserve, Tackapausha Preserve, Wantagh, Mill Pond, Cedar Creek Park, John Burns Park, Marjorie Post Park, Seaman’s Neck and other town parks from contamination and prevent endangering the wetlands and bays associated with Jones Beach.
Get further information from Saladino at 516-541-4598 and Hannon at 516-739-1700. Let’s stop the degradation of the waters and acquifiers of southeastern Nassau County and endangerment of its more than 300,000 residents. Contact the governor by mail at NYS State Capital Building, Albany, NY, 12224. Call the governor’s office at 518-474-8390.
John Joseph Budnick
