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DEC Accepting Public Comments on Two Polluted Sites

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By Published: December 18 2013

LongIsland.com

The NYSDEC will be accepting comments regarding the future of two polluted sites until January 20th.

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Hicksville, NY - December 18, 2013 - The following link opens a public notice about a proposal to delist the Magnusonics Devices Site #130031 (Hicksville, Nassau County) from New York's Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites: 
NYSDEC is proposing to delist this State Superfund Program site because it has determined that the site no longer presents a threat to public health or the environment. The notice provides details about why this proposal has been made.
 
NYSDEC will receive public comments about the proposal through January 20, 2014. See the public notice for details.
 
The public notice is in PDF format. You can save, open, and read the notice 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: http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/590.html .
 
Please do not respond to this email. Replies go to an untended mailbox. If you have questions about the site identified above, please use the contact information provided in the public notice.
 
This public notice is being provided by the Division of Environmental Remediation within NYSDEC.

Hauppauge, NY - December 18, 2013 - The following link opens a fact sheet that invites public comment about a draft work plan to investigate the 1735 Express Drive North Site #C152238 (Hauppauge, Suffolk County) under New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program: 

​NYSDEC is accepting public comments about the draft work plan through January 20, 2014. 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: http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/590.html.
 
Please do not respond to this email. Replies go to an untended mailbox. If you have questions about the contaminated site identified above, please use the contact information provided in the fact sheet.
 
This fact sheet is being provided by the Division of Environmental Remediation within NYSDEC.