Toxic Plume

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the Town of Brookhaven’s plan to explore how to clean up an underground plume of toxic chemicals emanating from the Brookhaven Landfill.

Cleanup crews at Bethpage Community Park on Long Island have discovered three more chemical drums at the dumping site formerly used by Grumman Aerospace.

Between 2006 and 2014, there were several incidents where landfill vendor Covanta dumped ash at the Brookhaven landfill and that state monitors willingly looked the other way by omitting negative information on inspection reports, according to documents obtained by Newsday.

Northrop Grumman and the state of New York have put the final touches on a $104 million deal to clean up the Bethpage plume, Long Island’s largest groundwater contamination site.

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman says New York State’s cleanup plan for a miles-long toxic plume in Bethpage is unnecessary. The state plan calls for…