Along with the Blue Tee Corporation and the Gold Fields Mining Corporation, it might face liabilities in future cleanups or a buyout.
Their recommendations will form the basis for the future cleanup of the Sound.
That could set a bad precedent for future cleanups at Brookhaven, which is going to be a dirty place for a long time.
Under that program, property owners agree to pay for the costs in return for certain assurances that they will not be sued by the department for future cleanups.
Under the plan, 150 buildings would be checked for traces of slag wool to determine the extent of any future cleanup.
What should also concern New York State taxpayers (if Federal mismanagement of nuclear facilities has taught us anything) is the financial burden we would bear for any future cleanup.
The cleanup was very good and will probably set the standard for future cleanups in other areas.
The Seneca Meadows property encompasses an earlier landfill, which the state has cited for future cleanup.
Cost estimates for future cleanup go as high as $40 million.
Especially when it was learned that taxpayers were going to foot the bill for future cleanups.