NY A09492

Directs the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to create and deliver a report to the state legislature detailing options for intercepting and remediating a groundwater plume containing PCE and TCE emanating from the former Naval Weapons Industrial Plant and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation facilities in Bethpage, Nassau County.

Report must focus on hydraulic containment and state-of-the-art remediation practices to remove contaminants without relying on well head treatment, except as a last resort.

Report must address stopping the plume's migration before reaching public water supply wells of the Massapequa Water District, South Farmingdale Water District, and New York American Water Corporation wells, and protecting freshwater bodies, tributaries, wetlands, and Great South Bay salt water resources.

Report must estimate project cost, scope, timetable, and recommend enforcement mechanisms involving the Department of Law and U.S. Department of Justice to make the United States Navy pay for or reimburse project costs.

Act takes effect immediately upon enactment.