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Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst said this week that her municipality would consider suing the State Department of Environmental Conservation if the agency is unwilling to partner with the town to come up with a remediation plan to clean up a toxic groundwater plume in Speonk.
At a joint meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee-West and the Speonk-Remsenburg Civic Association held last Thursday night, Ms. Throne-Holst told the roughly 35 people in attendance that it was clear that a source of the plume was not going to be found, but that does not mean the potentially hazardous two-mile-long plume should not be treated. The town, she added, was willing to work with the DEC to form a plan and reclassify the site—which is currently listed as a class “N” site, meaning... more
At a joint meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee-West and the Speonk-Remsenburg Civic Association held last Thursday night, Ms. Throne-Holst told the roughly 35 people in attendance that it was clear that a source of the plume was not going to be found, but that does not mean the potentially hazardous two-mile-long plume should not be treated. The town, she added, was willing to work with the DEC to form a plan and reclassify the site—which is currently listed as a class “N” site, meaning... more
