The drums were discovered next to the 18-acre park’s abandoned baseball field, which has been closed for 20 years over soil contamination concerns. change.org “I’ve had it. I’ve had it.

Northrop Grumman contractors found the drums about 7 feet underground while drilling a well March 28 to check an existing soil treatment system at the park, Saladino told Newsday in an exclusive ...

When the EPA released its first Superfund list in 1981, the Valley of the Drums was among the 114 sites included. Between 1981 and 1989, the EPA and state officials led cleanup efforts at the site.