Environment
Environment
Riverhead issues new stop-work order to Youngs Avenue composting operation
The town says the composting operation— which has drawn numerous complaints about odors and truck traffic — violates town code because there is no active farming taking place at the site.
Environment
From trees to trash? Odors, complaints follow composting move to Calverton
An Oceanside solid waste facility is moving its composting operation to Calverton because of odor control issues at its Nassau County site. Calverton residents are angry, complaining about a stench they say arrived after dumping in a local farm field began.
Environment
Crown Recycling fire remains under investigation; facility had no asbestos on site: officials
Investigations into the cause and impacts of a fire that "completely destroyed" a Calverton solid waste facility last Wednesday remain ongoing, officials say.
Environment
Suffolk County to spray some local marshes in Riverhead and Southold, June 11-13
Suffolk Vector Control plans to treat several marshes in Riverhead and Southold to control mosquito larvae, June 11-13. The pesticides will be applied by helicopter, weather permitting, the health department said.
Environment
Suffolk County Water Authority begins impact review of pipeline through Riverhead
The water authority, as lead agency, determined that the project is likely to have adverse environmental impacts and should be the subject of an environmental impact statement to identify those impacts and develop ways in which to mitigate them.
Environment
EPA to rescind and reconsider some PFAS standards, delay compliance deadline for others
The EPA will delay enforcement of drinking water standards for two PFAS chemicals until 2031 and will rescind and reconsider standards adopted last year for three others. Environmental advocates say the move puts public health at risk.
Environment
Calverton well testing finds PFAS levels mostly under EPA limit, Navy says
Nearly all private drinking water wells sampled as a part of an expanded testing area surrounding the former Northrop-Grumman plant in Calverton did not contain harmful “forever chemicals” above the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Navy said this week.
Environment
It’s fire season: Here’s why and how state forest rangers conduct prescribed burns
The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.
Environment
Riverhead eyes program to recycle and reuse oyster shells in waterways
The Riverhead Town Board is interested in partnering with the Riverhead Rotary Club and the Half Shells for Habitat program to create an oyster shell recovery program. The goal would be to collect discarded shells from local restaurants and put them into local waters to benefit the marine ecosystem and increase water quality.
Environment
Scott’s Pointe groundwater has low levels of PFAS, tests negative for other harmful contaminants
Samples of groundwater from the Scott’s Pointe amusement park site in Calverton tested positive for low levels of PFAS and negative for other harmful pollutants, according to test results recently received by the Town of Riverhead.
