SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Honeywell’s state-ordered cleanup of Onondaga Lake has suffered recent setbacks.
The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports (bit.ly/1NDSShQ) that the layer of sand the company applied to the lake bottom to keep toxic mercury and other chemicals in place has failed at least three times since 2012.
The paper says collapses in 2012 and 2014 along steep slopes in the lake bottom contaminated nearly 40 acres of lake bed that had been relatively clean. Some of the newly contaminated areas have up to 19 times the allowed amount of toxic chemicals, according to a report Honeywell submitted to the state.
State officials say Honeywell has submitted plans to rectify the problem and the work will be done this year.
Honeywell is cleaning up the lake under a 2005 order from the DEC.
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