Vapors in Ithaca

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Emerson warns residents

ROGER DUPUIS II
Ithaca Journal
July 24, 2004

ITHACA -- Soil vapor testing in neighborhoods downhill from Emerson
Power Transmission has detected contaminants at nine different sites,
according to a flier distributed to residents Friday.

That communication came from the company. The State Department of
Environmen-tal Conservation confirmed the findings to The Journal in a
telephone interview -- minus statistics indicating pollution levels.

"I'm outraged," South Cayuga Street resident Joyce Muchan said after
receiving the handout. "I think that I should have a right to these
numbers as a homeowner. I think it is irresponsible for them not to give
them to me."

According to the flier, her street showed some of the highest pollutant
concentrations. What it doesn't disclose is how high the concentrations
were.

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for the entire article,
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040724/localnews/906850.html


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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
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