State probes alleged mining at farm site
Photo credit: Newsday/Ed Betz | Members of local civic organizations stand at the site of Blue Green Farms construction in Yaphank. (Jan. 26, 2012)
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating the developers of a planned Yaphank fish farm for allegedly mining more than 90,000 cubic yards of sand and dirt without a state permit.
The builders of Blue Green Farms, which has broken ground off Horseblock Road, deny having done any mining and say they have been preparing the site for greenhouses.
They were cited...
