TCE Testing in East Fishkill, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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EPA to test 14 homes in Shenandoah

Residents say safety concern is overdue
By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)
May 19, 2004

SHENANDOAH -- A mobile laboratory called a trace atmospheric gas
analyzer will visit 14 houses in the Shenandoah area of East Fishkill
today and Thursday to determine if air under the homes is unhealthy. 

The air under several buildings is contaminated with vapors seeping up
from polluted groundwater, Environmental Protection Agency spokesman
James Haklar said this week. 

The EPA decided the contamination under those 14 buildings was high
enough to warrant testing indoors, Haklar said. Contamination at lower
concentrations was found under other homes. The EPA did not use a
specific concentration as a threshold to determine which homes would
receive further tests. 

The EPA tested the air under more than 30 buildings last month, and is
considering testing more. 

...

State and federal environmental agencies are only beginning to grapple
with the problem of vapor intrusion at polluted sites. 

However, the EPA lacks federal standards for air quality like those for
water quality. 

...

for the entire story, see
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/today/localnews/stories/lo051904s2.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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