Friday, March 3, 2017
Vol. 77, No. 9
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Hicksville location named Superfund site by DEC
MISS INDIA FINALISTS
BY GARY SIMEONE
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano congratulated the winners and finalists of the Miss India and Miss Teen India pageants on Thursday, February 23rd at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola. Mangano presented citations to Riya Kaur, Miss India New York 2016; Rhea Manjrekar, Miss Teen India USA 2016; and Aashika Jikaria, First Runner Up for Miss Teen India New York 2016.
Hundreds turn out to enjoy free day of hockey BY GARY SIMEONE
The temperature might have been sixty degrees outside but over two hundred kids and their parents were indoors on Saturday at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage to participate in the Town’s ‘Try Hockey For Free’ program. Newly elected Town Supervi-
sor, Joseph Saladino attended the event which is put together by the Town and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. “This is an amazing, great program that allows these kids to merge their skill sets and work with some great instructors including former hockey
greats, Tom Laidlaw and Adam Graves of the New York Rangers,” said Saladino, who used to coach at the Town Ice Hockey program. “It helps them to see the value of teamwork and to build leadership skills and instill confidence.” The event ran from 8 a.m to 12 See page 8
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will perform what they call a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study at 325 Duffy Avenue in Hicksville. The Metco site was designated as Class 2 Superfund site by the State Agency which means the land significantly threatens public health or the environment, requiring government action. “There was a previous investigation at the site by the State from 2008 to 2010 after the site was characterized as having hazardous waste present,” said Mike Ryan, Director of the Division of Environmental Remediation at the DEC. “This was proven to be affirmative and now a more advanced investigation called a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study will be carried out.” He said that the site was previously owned by a metal works corporation from the 1950’s to 1999 and has been used for light manufacturing and metalworking, machining, metal finishing and metal spraying. Currently the site includes one large building surrounded by parking lots and roadways. The nearest residential property is about 140 feet east of the site. A stormwater recharge basin is located in the southeastern corner of the site. Ryan said that the site was found to have corrosive metals and solvents present and that those were the primary issues and the reason for further investigation. “We’ve found that it is usually the case with metal works operations that certain metals and solvents leak into soil and groundwater making it toxic for the environment,” said Ryan. “We will perform a thorough, comprehensive investigation to see if any of the contamination extends offsite to figure out the nature and extent of contamination in soil, surface water, groundwater, soil vapor and other parts of the environment that may be affected.” He said that a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study usually takes about 18 months to complete and with the culmination of the study the DEC will propose a remedial action plan. “At that point, probably some time in 2018, we will hold a public meeting to discuss the plan and will also have a thirty day public comment period,” said Ryan.
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