The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New
York's new Drinking Water Council will hold its first meeting on Long
Island to consider setting maximum levels of several contaminants not
regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says one of the first tasks
for the 12-member council will be to recommend maximum levels for PFOA
and PFOS, which have contaminated drinking water in Rensselaer County
and Newburgh.
The council will also address dioxane, an
industrial solvent that has contaminated water supplies in Long Island
and elsewhere. Numerous other states including New Jersey, Massachusetts
and Connecticut have already set standards for the chemical.
The first council meeting is Oct. 2 at SUNY
Stony Brook. The Democratic governor says the council must make its
first recommendations by October 2018.
Source: The New Jersey Herald (via The Empire Report)
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