LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION calling upon the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation to immediately remove and remediate the
toxins from the Dewey Loeffel Toxic Waste Site

WHEREAS, The Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site has directly affected
the well-being and quality of life of the residents of the Town of
Nassau for more than fifty years; and
WHEREAS, The Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site has been designated a
Class 2 Superfund site by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation as it poses a significant health risk to residents; and
WHEREAS, The Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site contains greater than
46,000 tons of liquid toxic waste, twice the size of the infamous Love
Canal site; and
WHEREAS, Toxins from the hazardous waste site have been leaking from
the capped site for more than twenty years, causing increased environ-
mental damage and contaminating wildlife, residential wells, property
and waterways; and
WHEREAS, The residents of the Town of Nassau have suffered property
devaluation, health impacts and environmental degradation from the pres-
ence of the failed remediation of the Dewey Loeffel Toxic Waste Site;
and
WHEREAS, The State of New York has spent millions of dollars on failed
remediation efforts, and the contamination of fish, sediments, water and
the surrounding community continue; and
WHEREAS, The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
has made only minimal progress in preventing contamination from continu-
ing to impact the Town of Nassau; and
WHEREAS, The State of New York has failed to construct a waste treat-
ment plant at the site of the Dewey Loeffel Toxic Landfill after assur-
ances of construction which will create the need for treatment of
contamination in perpetuity; and
WHEREAS, The proposed treatment plant has been estimated by the State
of New York to cost tens of millions of dollars in construction and
millions of dollars annually to construct; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
immediately remediate and remove the toxins from the Dewy Loeffel
Hazardous Landfill that have injured the residents of the Town of Nassau
and their environment; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to David A. Paterson, Governor of the State of New York, the
Town Clerk of the Town of Nassau, and to the Commissioner of the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation.