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{"BC66BFE9-5056-A066-60EA-C4AB872AEC75":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"BC66BFE9-5056-A066-60EA-C4AB872AEC75","title":"Sen. Schumer Pushes EPA to Issue Drinking Water Standard","summary":"Farmingdale, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"February 4, 2019","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/sen-schumer-pushes-epa-to-issue-drinking-water-standard","city":"Farmingdale","county":"Nassau","lat":40.73381819999999,"lng":-73.44573639999999,"description":"On February 4, 2019, on the heels of a personal meeting with Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and standing at Long Island’s Citizen’s Campaign for the Environment with local advocates, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer made a public push to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse course on a likely imminent decision to not set drinking water standards for highly toxic chemicals already found on the Island. Schumer made the case as to why Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler should reverse course and commit to setting a maximum contaminant level (MCL) under the Safe Drinking Water Act for PFOA and PFOS as soon as possible. Schumer argued that in failing to set a federal standard, the federal government is both limiting the public’s knowledge about their possible exposure to these contaminants and hindering potential cleanup efforts.\r\n“The EPA is supposed to be the cop on the beat, protecting Long Island’s drinking water. They should do their job, not pass the buck when it comes to regulating toxic PFOA and PFOS contaminants,” said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. “In my recent and personal meeting with Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler, I can confirm the notion that the feds are on the verge of not setting drinking water standards that accurately reflect the dangers of these chemicals and that is really troubling for two reasons. First, it means that states and localities across the country will be forced to spend real dollars on doing it themselves. Second, it means that the federal government is –yet again-- looking for any and all ways to downplay the severity of this issue and potentially walk away from other commitments—now or in the future—that we need them to keep locally at Gabreski, and with the Suffolk County Water Authority."}}

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