A MUST VIEW VIDEO , NO WORK STOPAGE, FALSE 911 CALL, ALL TO HIDE DUMPING CONTAMINATED WATER INTO "OUR" SEWERS WHICH GO TO THE WATER WE SWIM IN AND FISH IN, ALONG WITH THE FISH YOU EAT!
12/10- The smell coming from this water was wittnessed by several officials and it had a horrible gas smell!
12/10- No wonder for a sample of water taken from the public road the DPW Commissioner made a false "911" call! What would happen if you did that? They came and were made total fools of by a FALSE CALL.
3 police cars and public safety! All sent on a wild goose chace which cost the taxpayers money!
Work was NEVER HALTED as stated in a local paper strong armed by the supervisor of Islip. SEE WATER RESULTS.
SINGLE WALL, DOUBLE WALL, THE SITE HAD A LEAK FOR YEARS FROM SOMEWHERE, PIPES, CONNECTION--!!!
TOWN HIRES THEIR OWN WORKERS TO TAKE OUT TANKS AND PUT IN NEW ONES (HUSH) QUICKLY
(BEST PART LIRO GAVE THE WORK TO SOMEONE ELSE BUT HOW DID THEY GET THE BID THEN, "SO HE IS NOT DOING THE WORK!)
11/10 fence up, retainers delivered
11/11 equipment brought in
11/13 started digging up tanks, environmental trucks come in (AB ENVIORMENTAL, SPILL RESPONSE- BOHEMIA 567-6545)
11/25 piled contaminated soil and vented
11/28 got sample of soil WORKER SAYS THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT! (SATURDAY)
11/30 (crew calls in contamination) BECAUSE I GOT A SAMPLE?
12/1 Tuesday tanks out
12/2 contaminated pile there, tanks gone
12/3 moving contaminated pile of soil over
12/7 collected from hole/water
12/8 given personal tour of EI yard by DEC
12/10 pumping intoCarlton Ave
Town tried to have RESIDENT arrested for taking water sample being pumped into public sewer drain on Carlton Ave of tainted water/fuel, FALSE 911 CALL/ FALSE CALL TO PUBLIC SAFETY MADE.
12/11 pumping into public drain continues
Week of 12/14 DEC police confronted town and neighbor, work has halted. ******************************************************** WE WERE TOLD AFTER THE TANKS WERE OUT HE RELIZED IT WAS CONTAMINATED AND CALLED IT IN,
NOT SO AT ALL!
IT ALL STINKS!
******************************************* ******************************************* WHO IS LYING, WHO IS TELLING 1/2 TRUTH, WHO IS JUST A BIGGER LIER?ALL OF THEM! Twisted stories below are mind boggling to the taxpayer! Lies and more lies, why?
WE JUST CANT GET OUR STORIES STRAIGHT! **********************************************
IslipBulletin/(07)Jeff Bessen -editor- whom is taking money from the town now for work which is a conflict of interest and unethical!
Who do you think you're fueling?
I have heard rumors before and since I got
here,"IslipTownSupervisor Phil Nolan said.
Due to the alleged theft, but the town still does not have conclusive information.Information FOILED (Freedom Of Information Law) from the town does a show a reduction in usage at all four of the highway yards between May, June and July of last year and the same three
months of this year. The supervisor noted that since taking
office last November he has begun to implement a number of controls to
get a handle on asset management and accountability, including the GPS
installation in town vehicles. "We put the GPS in and we wanted to
look at how the GPS is used in conjunction with the fuel data," Nolan
said. However, Kelly said that a key can override the system. A key that
supervisory personnel is expected to be responsible for.■ ***************************************************** Apparently a vote was worth more than telling the truth to the taxpayers.
Employees accused of stealing gas when all along he knew it was leaking into your ground! Mind you this is Dec 09, that was in (09/07) known!
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IslipBulletin--Contaminated soil, not oil spill
Jeff Bessen--Fuel tank removal finds tainted soil underneathEAST ISLIP- Though final results remain pending,
town, county and state officials believe that the contaminated
soil found atIslipTown's Department of Public Works (DPW) yard at100 Carlton Avenue
last month was contained to the area where it was found.
In seeking to become compliant with a county mandate that gasoline tanks be double-walled fiberglass instead of single-layered fiberglass, the town began removal of a pair of two underground fuel tanks at theEast Islipyard
on Nov. 30. DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation)
spokeswoman, Aphrodite Montalvo, noted that the town
"went through the proper channels" and removed 800 cubic yards of soil. These newer fuel tanks are armed with an internal alarm system that detects a leak before the contamination is released, Montalvo added.
"The town did everything properly there will no fines,"
she said. As the two fuel tanks were taken from the ground
what town officials termed as a "faint petroleum product
smell" was identified by those on the scene. Through a
more intense review it was uncovered that the soil immediately
contacted and all work was halted," saidIslip's Facilities
Manager Bill Stenger, who added that theSuffolk
Board of Health, which was also monitoring the project,
was contacted also. "The fuel tanks that were removed
were examined and found to be completely intact with
no signs of leakage or damage." Based upon further study by the DEC, the county Health Department, town officials and Syosset-based*****
LiRo Group, ****an engineering firm contracted to work on the project, it is thought that the soilcontaminate occurred before the current
tanks (those being removed) were installed in 1992.
"Identifying the situation as a 'fuel spill' is inaccurate," said Town Engineer David Janover. "No spill occurred at any time during the excavation project currently underway, nor to our knowledge has any spill occurred recently."
Janover added that the tainted soil that was uncovered could have been created by multiple occurrences such as a leaky
pipe, prior mishandling of the old fuel tanks (before 1992).
"The DEC has conducted tests that determined that the groundwater below
the tanks has been contaminated,"he said. "However, because theSuffolk
CountyWaterAuthority supplies water to the area this will not affect local
drinking water." Due to the town having seven monitoring
wells on the DPW yard's property that are checked on a regular basis displaying no signs of contamination leads officials to believe it was contained, Stenger noted. Janover noted the "drastically" different
rules and regulations that govern fuel tanks today compared to nearly 20
years ago. Saying that it is only due to the mandated new tank installation that requites the town to did deeper than in the past that the contaminated soil was discovered.These type of incidents are a common
occurrence when removing older fuel tanks, Janover noted and because of that the town's excavation contract included a provision for the discarding of polluted soil so no additional costs are anticipated to be incurred.
He said that to obtain a better assessment of the contamination's scope the
town will install additional probes on the site through the next two weeks.
"With the contaminated soil excavated and the proper mitigation steps taken it is anticipated that the DEC will clear the town to continue with the installation of the new tanks within the next week" Janover said. ■ ********************************************** you retard. The editorial is directed towards YOU!
EDITORIAL by IslipBulletin12-17-09issue Doing the right thing
Despite some of the postings on a local blog and the public ranting of an individual resident,IslipTownacted appropriately and swiftly, based on reports from other government agencies during last month's removal of fuel tanks from the East Islip Department of Public Works yard.
This is what we want from or elected and appointed officials: quick action when it comes to resolving a problem, especially one where, yes, the groundwater was contaminated and clean up is needed before resuming with the required project. Recognition that times and regulations have changed were duly noted by town officials and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the county Health Department and an external contractor, along with Islip officials on site by reviewing the incident. This was the proper way to handle this event.
When incidents that could be dangerous to the general public occur, we need officials from all levels of government to assure their constituents that they can properly handle the problem. We do not need individual citizens being paranoid and spreading lies without checking their facts as journalists do.
State probing groundwater contamination in IslipDecember 9, 2009 by JENNIFER MALONEY / jennifer.maloney@newsday.com
The state is investigating groundwater contamination caused by a fuel spill at an Islip Town public works yard in East Islip, state and town officials said.
The spill has not affected any drinking water, Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Aphrodite Montalvo said. Nearby homes are served by the Suffolk County Water Authority, agency spokesman Padraic South said.
The town discovered the contamination of soil Nov. 30 when a contractor dug up two fuel tanks and found petroleum beneath them, town facilities manager Bill Stenger said.
"This looks to be a very, very old spill," likely predating the installation of the tanks in 1992, town engineer David Janover said.
The town removed the two single-walled fuel tanks to replace them with new county-mandated double-walled tanks by a Jan. 1 deadline. The tanks were inspected and found to be intact, Stenger said. The spill could have been caused by a leak in a tank previously buried in the same spot, town officials said.
Groundwater taken from the excavated hole tested positive for petroleum hydrocarbons, Islip spokeswoman Amy Basta said.
Further tests will determine the extent of the contamination.
Seven monitoring wells on the site have shown no problem in water quality for several years, leading town officials to believe that the contamination is limited to a small area, Janover said.
The DEC has asked the town to install additional monitoring wells to assess the spill. Janover said he hoped they will be in place within two weeks.
Bill Stenger, town facilities manager, said the town's excavation contract had a provision for the disposal of contaminated soil.
After its investigation, the DEC will direct the town and the required remediation, officials said
12/10- The smell coming from this water was wittnessed by several officials and it had a horrible gas smell!
12/10- No wonder for a sample of water taken from the public road the DPW Commissioner made a false "911" call! What would happen if you did that? They came and were made total fools of by a FALSE CALL.
3 police cars and public safety! All sent on a wild goose chace which cost the taxpayers money!
Work was NEVER HALTED as stated in a local paper strong armed by the supervisor of Islip. SEE WATER RESULTS.