The DEC said it reviewed the final engineering report for the removal action that the town of Oyster Bay conducted around 2006, several investigations of the area by Northrop Grumman as well as aerial photography from the 1960’s.
At least 16 chemical drums were found underneath the old Northrop Grumman property in Bethpage Community Park. However, state officials were tipped off to buried drums nearly a decade ago, raising questions about why the drums are just now being discovered.
“He thought upwards of 20 to 25 drums,” said Michael Boufis, superintendent of the Bethpage Water District. “It was outside the skate park, that’s where he remembers those drums being. Give or take 20 to 30 feet from where they are finding them now, so he was pretty close.” In 2006, the Town of Oyster Bay excavated a portion of the park due to concerns of PCB contamination when the town was building the new ice rink. The town removed over 173,000 tons of contaminated soil, aircraft parts and approximately 50 crushed steel drums. However, the ice rink is on the opposite end of the park and was not where the whistleblower led state officials.
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