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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday an agreement with the U.S. Navy and aerospace company Northrop Grumman to advance the cleanup and containment of a groundwater plume in Bethpage, Long Island. The 4.3 miles-long toxic plume, which contains multiple carcinogens, has spread from the former Grunman weapons manufacturing facility in Bethpage for over four decades. The facility built fighter jets for the Navy during the Vietnam War. Chemicals used were dumped and have leaked into the groundwater, slowly traveling south toward private drinking wells and the Great South Bay.
Under the agreement, the Navy and Northrop Grunman will build a network of extraction wells to hydraulically contain the plume. Grunman will also pay damages of $104.4 million to the state to be used for cleanup and water protection projects associated with the plume. ....