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Cleanup crews at Bethpage Community Park on Long Island have dug up 10 containers of chemical waste at the site formerly used by Grumman Aerospace. Workers are using ground-penetrating radar to look for what else might be buried in the park after another layer of concrete was discovered this week.
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Local environmental and justice groups are challenging the Town of Brookhaven’s decision to allow a developer to construct a pair of warehouses. They worry Winter Brothers will use the property to build a planned waste transfer station. The town has said that’s unlikely.
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Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine spoke at an environmental symposium on Wednesday, March 13 at Stony Brook University where lawmakers, industry groups and environmental advocates sought answers for Long Island’s plans for waste disposal as the Brookhaven Landfill slowly transitions to be shut down.
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More than 75 residents in attendance called for immediate closure of the Brookhaven Landfill to prevent further environmental damage.
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A state Supreme Court Judge has dismissed a lawsuit to block construction of a solid waste transfer station in Yaphank to haul trash off Long Island.
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The federal Surface Transportation Board submitted a draft environmental assessment for the Townline Rail Terminal in Smithtown, New York, finding that building more than 5,000 feet of freight rail off of the Long Island Rail Road will have a “negligible” impact on the environment and nearby community.
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Officials said Brookhaven plans to keep the Yaphank-based landfill open until 2027 or early 2028 to accept waste burned into ash at incinerators owned by waste-to-energy company Covanta. That would also require the town to seek an extension of its state-issued permit when it expires in 2026.
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The challenge Long Island is faced with is diverting hundreds of thousands of ash waste when the Brookhaven Landfill closes. A 30-year-old boathouse in Stony Brook may hold the answer.
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The NAACP, environmentalists and community groups want New York Attorney General Letitia James to launch an independent investigation of waste company Covanta dumping toxic ash into the Brookhaven landfill.
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The state Office of Environmental Justice will require the Town of Brookhaven to assess and remediate a toxic plume that has been emanating from its landfill in Yaphank for decades.