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^ Superfund
Redevelopment
Initiative
Celebrating Success:
Syosset Landfill
Oyster Bay, New York
Through innovative planning and creative partnerships, the Syosset
Landfill Superfund site (the Site) provides valuable municipal
amenities and serves as an excellent example of energy conservation
in action. Coordination between the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Town of Oyster Bay, New York (the Town),
has led to the successful cleanup and green transformation of the
Site, which is now home to a new state-of-the-art compressed
natural gas (CNG) fueling station for use by the Town's fleet of
vehicles.
"Natural gas is the cleanest readily available
fuel for large taicks, and the construction
of a CNG fueling facility, coupled with
converting diesel-powered trucks to
CNG-powered vehicles and purchasing
CNG-ready vehicles, are providing real,
quantifiable, significant reductions in
greenhouse gas... helping further the
Town's commitment to energy conservation
and reducing greenhouse emissions."
-John Venditto, Oyster Bay Supervisor
Separate Oyster Bay's Recyclables Today (SORT)
recycling trucks fuel up at CNG slow fill terminals.
(Source: EPA)
For more information, please contact
Melissa Friedland at (703) 603-8864 or
friedland.melissa@epa.gov
or
Frank Avvisato at (703) 603-8949 or
avvisato.frank@epa.gov.
The 38-acre Site operated as a landfill from 1933 until 1975. Site
operations resulted in soil and ground water contamination and
EPA listed the Site on its National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983.
Cleanup efforts have successfully contained and addressed site
contamination with the installation of a landfill cap, preventing
the infiltration of rainwater through the landfill and eliminating
the potential for direct contact with site wastes. EPA determined
that ground water contamination was limited and did not pose a
significant threat to human health.
EPA deleted the Site from the NPL in 2005 and the Town's
Highway Division now uses the Site for salt storage, miscellaneous
equipment storage, vehicle parking and as a sanitation vehicle
facility. EPA later approved a design plan submitted by the Town
for a CNG fueling facility, ensuring that construction activities
would not negatively impact the Site's remedy. The Town received
funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
through the U.S. Department of Energy Clean-Cities Alternative
Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles Pilot Program to construct
the fueling station and to convert 44 heavy-duty sanitation trucks
from diesel fuel to CNG.
The Town estimates that the CNG trucks will reduce the Town's
petroleum usage by an estimated 264,000 gallons per year,
thereby reducing dependence on imported fuel. The clean-
burning CNG vehicles will produce an average of 27 percent
fewer greenhouse gas emissions than comparable gasoline or
diesel models. It is estimated that a total of 67,130 pounds of
identifiable pollutants will be reduced annually as a result of this
program. The project also provides green job opportunities to
the local community in vehicle and equipment manufacturing,
station construction, and ongoing vehicle and station operations.
July 2013
The Department of Public Works uses a portion of the
site to park sanitation vehicles. (Source: EPA)

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