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Public Comment Invited About Draft Plan to Investigate Contamination Related to Brownfield Site on Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre

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By Published: October 07 2016

LongIsland.com

NYSDEC is accepting public comments about the draft work plan through November 5, 2016.

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Public comment to draft work plan accepted through November 5, 2016.

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Rockville Centre, NY - October 6, 2016 - The following link opens a fact sheet that invites public comment about a draft work plan to investigate contamination at the 486 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre Site #C130220 (Rockville Centre, Nassau County) within New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program:

Fact Sheet

NYSDEC is accepting public comments about the draft work plan through November 5, 2016. Please see fact sheet for details.
 
The fact sheet is in PDF format. You can save, open, and read the fact sheet by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can go to the following web page on the NYSDEC web site to download the program for free: here