Politics & Government
Underground Glycol Treatment Plant Going Up at Long Island MacArthur Airport
Town of Islip votes to add the preventative structure.
Several resolutions regarding agreements with firms designing structures at Long Island MacArthur Airport passed at the Islip Town Board meeting, held at Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School on Tuesday night.
An authorization to enter into an agreement with Naples, FL-based N.D. Eryou Engineering to design an underground glycol treatment plant passed unanimously - Town Supervisor Phil Nolan made the motion, which was seconded by Councilman Steven J. Flotteron. The cost was placed at $304,700.00, according to the paperwork provided at the meeting, and 95-percent of that cost would be federally funded.
Glycol compounds have both automotive and aviation uses as deicing agents, and is sprayed onto airplane wings to prevent ice buildup. The compound ethylene glycol can potentially cause "acute toxicity in humans if ingested," according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), which operates under the aegis of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), adding that ethylene glycol is used more frequently in deicing than the less-harmful propylene glycol due to cheaper cost.
In addition, an authorization to enter into an agreement with Johnson, Kukata, Lucchese Engineers to design three taxiways at the Airport at a cost of $606,782.00 - also of which 95-percent of the funding would be sought federally - passed unanimously, following a motion by Mr. Flotteron and a second by Councilwoman Trish Bergin Weichbrodt. An Internet search yielded results for a Columbia, MD-based firm named Airport Design Consultants Inc., where a "Cedric Johnson" and "Mahesh Kukata" worked as president and vice president respectively. Further information on the engineers and their current relationship with Airport Design Consultants Inc could not be confirmed as of Tuesday night.
Finally, an authorization by the Supervisor to execute a change order between the Town and Huntington Station, NY-based Mainline Electric Corporation "in an amount not to exceed $40,424" passed 4-0. Councilman Gene Parrington abstained from the vote, citing a prior relationship with the contractors as his reason. The motion was made by Nolan and seconded by Flotteron.
The next Town meeting is slated for May 11 at 1 p.m. at Connetquot State Park.
