[CPEO-BIF] air testing at Mountain View redevelopment site

[Lenny Siegel<lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company to Aid in Testing for Chemical in Mtn. View
By Joshua L. Kwan
San Jose Mercury News
Friday, May 9, 2003

Officials representing the former GTE Government Systems announced at a
Wednesday night community meeting in Mountain View that the company will
pay for the services of an environmental consultant to advise homeowners
who live on land it contaminated years ago with an industrial solvent.

The GTE officials also promised to replace equipment that extracts the
solvent, called trichloroethylene, or TCE, from groundwater in the area
with new technology that would reduce the amount of toxins released into
the local atmosphere.

``We appreciate these steps,'' Mountain View City Councilman Greg Perry
said at the meeting, hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The meeting was attended by about 100 homeowners invited to discuss
their concerns about upcoming tests of air quality inside their homes.

...

for the entire story, see
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5821845.htm

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