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EPA Further Extends Comment Period on Proposed Plan to Clean Up New
Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site
NEW YORK (Sept. 22, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address
contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater
Contamination Superfund site in Nassau County, New York to October 23, 2023.
The original public comment period was scheduled to end on August 23, and was
first extended to September 22. EPA held a public meeting at the East Meadow
Public Library on August 10, 2023, to explain the cleanup proposal to the
public.
EPA’s proposed plan will prevent people from potentially being exposed to
the contaminated groundwater in the future, help minimize the potential for
the contaminated groundwater to migrate further and treat the groundwater to
meet strict federal and state standards for drinking water.
The cleanup plan proposes installing a network of wells and underground pipes
in a residential neighborhood and parkland to move contaminated groundwater to
a new water treatment facility. Options for how the treated water will be
released will be evaluated during the design of the cleanup plan. The
potential options outlined in the proposed plan include that treated water can
be returned back to the ground, released to surface water or a recharge basin,
or released into the sewer.
Once the cleanup plan is finalized, EPA will decide where the wells and water
treatment facility will be built and where the treated water will go. The plan
also requires long-term monitoring of the groundwater treatment program and
relies on existing county and state restrictions on groundwater use to ensure
that public drinking water wells are not installed on site without a permit.