226 Cyon Howse Orie Bune ‘Washwerox, De 20818, (202) 225-4858 towe FOREIGN AFFAIRS among SY 11183 (3) 928 100 one 250.02 Nogniann Boursvaso —E LirtaNecy, NY 11362 a) 925-4100 mone THOMAS R. SUOZZI fepsTonseoze House of Representatives hup/tooati Rowse gov om Washington, DC 20515 May 10, 2018 ‘The Honorable Richard V. Spencer Secretary of the Navy 1000 Navy Pentagon Room 4D652 Washington, DC 20350 Dear Mr. Secretary’ It was a pleasure speaking with you the other night at the Marine barracks, | appreciate your interest in speeding up the cleanup and remediation of the Navy-Grumman plume at the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (NWIRP) and Grumman site Tocated in Bethpage, New York, which is in my district. ‘As mentioned, the cleanup of this plume has been languishing for the past 40 years and last Friday 1 held a meeting in Bethpage with all stakeholders including the US Navy, Northrop Grumman, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Bethpage Water District, Town of Oyster Bay and many other interested parties, to discuss how we can continue working together to ‘move this process forward and finally clean up the site. ‘Today, the front page of our local newspaper Newsday (see attached) noted that the Bethpage Water District will be shutting down three water supply wells located in the plume area and will instad be drilling new clean water supply wells outside of the plume at a cost of $17 million to the district. | know that like me, you are sometimes frustrated by the often slow and burdensome bureaucratic process that must occur inside the federal government in order to get something done. One of the biggest hurdles to moving this project forward that was discussed at our meeting last week was the Navy’s process and Department of Defense regulations conceming the purchase of property within the plume in order to conduct extraction and treatment of the contaminated water. With the Bethpage Water District's decision to cease operations at these three wells, I request that the Navy immediately consider acquiring these wells from the water district in order to perform extraction and treatment on site. | believe this presents an ‘opportunity to streamline the process and get the remediation effort underway quickly while providing funding for the Bethpage Water District, who to this point, has shouldered a great deal ofthe cost in order to provide safe and clean drinking water to their residents, After 40 years, we cannot miss any chance to streamline the process and expedite remediation ofthe Navy/Grumman plume. [ook forward to working with you on this request, comprehensive cleanup and overcoming bureaucratic barriers that reduce the impact of limited resources. Inthe meantime, please feel free to call me if you have any questions. My cell phone nunber ‘§ With kindest regards, I am Sincerely, Thomas R. Suozzi Member of Congress ‘TRS:mf oe' News THE LONG ISLAND NEWSPAPER BETHPAGE PLUME 3 WELL SUS TO SHUT Me ieme Ure async ICAU Roe al new wells outside contaminated area Thi May Teens Run For School Board Seats fs oe as see Calls for Former AGto Donate Campaign Funds Make the move that Eten St Josephs ill ch: life, ae os will change your life. ‘ CollegeWELLS T0 BE TOP STORIES Bethpage district to close 3 sites in plume-affected area in $17M plan sr oar 000. natin Bethpage Water istrict plans 1 spend about 7 mi Roto shut dowe thee well sites that ave drwing. fom froundwater plumes and dell few ater-sepply wells out ge the boundaries ofthe sea Cina option, Bedecaded “The plat is to phase out use of five wells atte tre sites ver the next five. to seven ests, depending on. permit nother approvals needed for new facies, superintendent Mike Boul si The district currency has nine well st st locations outide ofthe plume” Boutis Said at community meeting at Bechpage High School Tueaday ight “We'e looking fr long {ohm sustainably ‘The dlerict has spent roughty $17 lion over the ‘cadey “to build treatment plants to remove volatile or fan chemictl and other con Eiminante. that have. been traced back 10'3 6OD-9re ste In'ethpage where the Navy and what is'aow Nochtop ryan recede nd space eaploration taupe ‘ent from the 130s 0 1990 Hut ie now also faces cle vated levels of radium ond Tide, an uneegulted ely carelbogen that bas been fon gb Long nd and'in Bethpage, monitoring ‘dium ha aot been established but'the Ltcdioane ie 2 com ound that hae been ientiied Es part ofthe Navy/Gramiman Blames "Te theee well sites the di trict wants to close are in fart "of sever plumes, the ingest of which has spread ‘easy four males south f the ‘orginal manufactring ate Sizo 18 miler wade snd 300 800 feet beneath the surface ‘depending on location "The plan isto del a new swell aan existing Hts nest Chaves Canpagne Elementary School on Pltnview “Koad bul two mow sels at as yet Unidentihed “ses and er SMruct tanemission ines 10 ary water fom them, strict fffidals ssid. 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