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Ossining to receive about $1.2 million from PFOA settlement to help pay for lead-line replacements
Summary
Village Manager Karen Dottore said Ossining will receive roughly $1.2 million from a national PFOA lawsuit; $846,000 has been received and remaining payments will go to the water fund to offset lead service line replacement costs.
The Village of Ossining will receive approximately $1,200,000 from a national PFOA ("forever chemicals") settlement, Village Manager Karen Dottore announced at the trustees’ Oct. 15 meeting.
Dottore said the village has already received $846,000 and expects two more pending payments that will bring the total to a little over $1.2 million. "This money goes back into the water fund," she said, adding that the settlement proceeds will help offset costs for the village’s lead service line replacement program.
The manager credited in-house staff and legal counsel for securing the funds. "Christina and Gavin and, of course, Stuart, for helping us secure this funding," Dottore said, praising their months of research and work. Trustees said they will recognize those staff members at the board’s Nov. 5 legislative meeting.
Why it matters: PFOA are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances sometimes called "forever chemicals"; settlements and remediation funds are frequently directed toward water-system upgrades. Dottore and the board said the settlement money will be applied within the water fund to reduce the village’s expense for replacing lead service lines, a public-health infrastructure priority.
Going forward: Dottore asked the board to schedule a recognition for the staff who obtained the funds and said additional payments were pending; the board agreed to invite the staff to the Nov. 5 meeting.
The board took no separate vote on use of the funds at the Oct. 15 meeting beyond noting the settlement and planning recognition.
