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Village mayor asks town to suspend battery facility operations; village official reads letter
Summary
A village official read a letter from Montauk/East Hampton village mayor Jerry Larson urging the immediate suspension of operations at the East Hampton Energy Storage Center, arguing changed circumstances and citing county health findings.
Gerard Turner Jr., the village of East Hampton's fire and EMS administrator, read a letter from Village Mayor Jerry Larson asking the town board to require that operations at the East Hampton Energy Storage Center "immediately cease." Turner said the village believes the facility poses an ongoing risk and that the Suffolk County Health Department has concluded the facility is the source of detected PFAS contamination in surrounding groundwater.
The letter argues that the planning board's original negative declaration in 2017 should be revisited in light of new evidence and urged the town to use its authority to suspend operations and require comprehensive environmental review of site operations and containment. Turner cited case law and asked the town board to take "all lawful steps necessary" to pause operations while environmental analysis proceeds.
