The state will oversee the work to clean the former Cerro Wire site, which is contaminated with copper and chemicals. 

By Alex Costello, Syosset Patch (NY) 

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released a plan to clean the site of a former copper plant in the area before it is converted into warehouses.

The lot used to be the site of The Cerro Wire and Conduit Company, which produced steel electrical conduits, hot-rolled copper rods and steel strips for the construction industry from the 1950s through the 1980s. 

Studies of the site have found that it is heavily contaminated by copper, as well as chemicals used during the manufacturing process.

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Posted May 18, 2021