Friday, December 13, 2019
Vol. 79, No. 50
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SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVITTOWN
Town considering changes to Old Bethpage landfill
PINK OUT FOR CHARITIES
BY GARY SIMEONE
District’s water pumping capacity is at full strength. However, an individual or business owner who submitted a water availability request prior to September 10, 2019 will still be considered. “This moratorium will remain in effect until the Hicksville Water District is certain
In a Town of Oyster Bay public meeting that took place in November, Town officials proposed changing the Old Bethpage Solid Waste Disposal Complex into a state of the art recycling management facility. The current solid waste complex and superfund site is located on 135 acres of town property off of Round Swamp Road. Deputy Town Supervisor Gregory Carman said that the Town is exploring different options to deal with its sanitation issues, and that proposals would be sent out later this month to developers who would turn the site into a recycling facility. “The Town is currently examining new ways to deal with sanitation with the goal of creating a more efficient and streamlined process for both trash and recyclable waste," said Carman. "Last month, the Town sought assistance from several private sector consultants to assist us with the planning and design of a new green environmentally-friendly solid waste and recycling management facilities at the Old Bethpage complex." In November, the Town Board approved spending up to $193,125 for three different contractors on work related to the site. The work would include research and preparation for requests for proposals relating to the transfer and disposal of the town's municipal solid waste. "Once the Town issues the request for proposals, we will solicit input from the sanitation industry and from the public to ensure both taxpayers and the surrounding community are protected," said Carman. " Our vision is to beautify the site and build a stateof-the-art facility for processing waste in a less costly-manner.” The Old Bethpage complex contains a 40,000-foot solid waste transfer station, a landfill collection gas system, a treatment facility for the water that leaches through the site, a vehicle maintenance garage and two incinerators that are currently inactive. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has categorized the landfill area as a superfund site on the NPL (National Priorties List.) On their website, they stated that the Old Bethpage landfill poses or once posed a potential risk to human health and the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. The EPA classifies any superfund site on the NPL as one of the
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Students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School recently wore pink to kick off a week of fundraising in which they raised over $7,000 for cancer charities. See page 19.
Hicksville Water District passes connection moratorium
As the Hicksville Water District prepares for New York State’s impending emerging contaminant regulations to be approved, the District recently passed a resolution creating a temporary water service connection moratorium on all new commercial and residential requests for water. The Hicksville Water Dis-
trict’s service moratorium impacts any individual or entity requesting a new water service line or one that is larger than what currently exists at their home or business. This temporary measure is likely to remain in place until all treatment systems for emerging contaminants—1,4-dioxane and PFAS—are operational and the
"Almost, Maine" at Bethpage HS PAGE 16 Community of caring at Abbey Lane PAGE 8