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Dear Mr. Perks,
The office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has asked that I respond on his behalf to your recent letter requesting an investigation of alleged criminal actions of the Town Board, Town of Huntington, and the alleged illegal burning of radioactive waste in East Northport.
Inasmuch as your letter involves allegations of criminal conduct, I have forwarded your letter and attendant documents to DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement Bureau of Environmental Crime Investigation (BECI) and expect that you will be contacted directly by an investigator assigned to the case.
Thank you for bringing this matter to the Governor’s attention.
Sincerely,
Peter A. Scully
cc: Captain Tim Huss, Law Enforcement
Lt. Frank Lapinski, BECI
“With the exception of (3) ferrous metal loads returned from Gershow recycling most all incidents involved metal isotopes utilized in diagnostic testing. In the beginning of April 2000 we raised the detection level of the Bicron radiation detector to (5) times background and therefore the amount of detection’s dropped off considerably in April.”
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I find it a bit intriguing that Cuomo chooses this moment in time to investigate something the D.E.C. has known about since 2000, 14 years ago. Gershow admitted they inadvertently sent some radioactive scrap metal there back in 2000 before they had sensors in place to check for such things. Radio isotopes from medical facilities are supposed to be disposed of at approved facilities, which Covanta (formerly Ogden Martin) clearly is NOT. So given there is a paper trail from Mr. Perks to the DEC going back as far as 1999, why now?
matt harris
February 21, 2014 9:59 am at 9:59 am
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I know Mr Perks has an axe to grind with the Town of Huntington, but if he is right I think they should rename Main St after him.
Tommy23
May 15, 2014 7:33 am at 7:33 am
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