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Syosset school district urges DEC, town to reject or strengthen Amazon warehouse remedial plan near two elementary schools
Summary
The Syosset Central School District filed 102 pages of technical comments asking the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Town of Oyster Bay to withhold approval of the proposed Syosset Park LLC/Amazon last‑mile warehouse’s remedial action work plan, citing residual contamination, missing dust control and monitoring plans, and incomplete traffic and construction oversight.
The Syosset Central School District on Wednesday urged state and town reviewers not to approve the remedial action work plan for a proposed Amazon last‑mile warehouse at 305 Robins Lane, saying the developer’s documents omit several specific protections the district says are needed to protect nearby schools.
Superintendent Doctor Rogers told the board the district’s submission to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and to the Town of Oyster Bay ran to 102 pages and identified gaps including inadequate testing for contamination hotspots, missing dust‑control and stormwater prevention plans, and no independent third‑party construction monitor with authority to stop work.
“The plan is at best incomplete,” Rogers said, summarizing a consultant review by Walden Associates. He said the site — which the applicant describes as a roughly 200,000‑square‑foot warehouse with about…
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