Update On Syosset Park Lots 251 & 252: Report Recommends Cleanup Of Site Contamination

Press release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation:

Thu, June 25, 2020

DEC Approves Remedial Investigation Report for the Brownfield Cleanup Program Site on Robbins Lane, Syosset and DEC Finalizes Report for Landfill on Miller Place, Oyster Bay

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has reviewed the Remedial Investigation (RI) Report for a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) site known as the Syosset Park Lots 251 & 252 Site, site ID #C130002. This site is located on Robbins Lane, Syosset, in Nassau County. While the site does not pose a significant threat to public health or the environment, the RI Report indicates that cleanup is necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Brownfield Cleanup Program.

This link opens a fact sheet that provides additional details about the Syosset Park Lots 251 & 252 Site:

https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/de...

Access to the RI Report and other relevant documents is available online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C130002/. Once reopened, the documents will also be available at the document repository located at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, NY 11791. Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/ex...

Please refer project-related questions to the DECs Project Manager Kerry Maloney, P.G. via email at kerry.maloney@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9622.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DECs website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemica...

DEC has also recently finalized the Radiological and Emerging Contaminant Sampling Summary and Assessment for a Class 4 Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site known as the Syosset Landfill, site ID #130011. This site is located on Miller Place, Town of Syosset, Nassau County. A Class 4 Site means that the former active landfill has been properly closed, requires continued management (e.g., cover maintenance), and no longer poses a significant threat to public health or the environment. Results from the study show:

* radium was detected in groundwater at levels consistent with naturally occurring concentrations observed elsewhere on Long Island;
* records do not indicate radium waste was disposed of at the landfill;
* emerging contaminants (i.e., PFAS) were detected in groundwater slightly above the States proposed Maximum Contaminant Levels for drinking water;
* the areas water is supplied by a public water system not impacted by the site; and
* area residents are not exposed to landfill groundwater.

Access to the Summary Report and other relevant documents is available online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/130011/. Once reopened, the documents will also be available at the document repository located at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, NY 11791. Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/ex...

Please refer project-related questions to the DECs Project Manager Richard Mustico via email at richard.mustico@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9627.

Additional information on the State's Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Program is available at DECs website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemica...

This press release was produced by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The views expressed here are the author’s own.