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Problems with the 8.4-acre site were confirmed in the late 2010s when EPA investigators, responding to a tip, found a 10,000-gallon chemical tank buried underground, carcinogenic\u00a0trichloroethylene solvents in the groundwater and a PCB-contaminated pond on-site. Dozens of wells were tested afterwards.<\/p>\n
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A new consent order from the state Department of Environmental Conservation requires the past landfill customer to study private wells, groundwater and soil at the toxic County Route 203 property in Nassau, seen here Thursday.<\/p>\n
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The former General Electric site on Sweets Crossing Road where chemical drums were removed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
The former General Electric site on Sweets Crossing Road where chemical drums were removed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
The former General Electric site on Sweets Crossing Road where chemical drums were removed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
The former General Electric site on Sweets Crossing Road where chemical drums were removed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
A new consent order from the state Department of Environmental Conservation requires the past landfill customer to study private wells, groundwater and soil at the toxic County Route 203 property in Nassau.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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NASSAU\u00a0\u2014 GE Aerospace will soon probe an area that includes the former home of a toxic landfill\u2019s late operator, Dewey Loeffel, who kept trucks associated with waste-hauling operations near his residence.<\/p>\n
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A new consent order from the state Department of Environmental Conservation requires GE Aerospace, a former customer of the landfill, to study private wells, groundwater and soil at the toxic County Route 203 property in Nassau.<\/p>\n
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DEC will draft a cleanup plan based on the outcome of the study, which is slated to begin in mid-April, according to the state agency.<\/p>\n
Problems with the 8.4-acre site were confirmed in the late 2010s<\/a> when EPA investigators, responding to a tip, found a 10,000-gallon chemical tank buried underground, carcinogenic\u00a0trichloroethylene solvents in the groundwater and a PCB-contaminated pond at the site. Dozens of wells were tested afterward.<\/p>\n GE Aerospace, then part of General Electric, signed onto a settlement agreement in 2020 to conduct additional sampling and address releases. It submitted three separate plans to address the site between February 2024 and April 2025, according to the consent order. Honeywell and SI Group, then known as Schenectady Chemical, also worked with Loeffel companies, but have not volunteered to take any action on the County Route 203 site in the latest consent order, DEC noted.<\/p>\n Make the Times Union a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our journalism when you search.<\/p>\n