Colorado vapor intrusion regs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State bulks up removal rules for toxic vapor
Group: TCE still a threat to kids

By Theo Stein 
Denver Post 
August 21, 2004 

State health officials on Friday tightened regulations for removing
harmful chemical vapors that leak into residential basements from
industrial sites. 

But environmental groups immediately criticized the new policy on
trichloroethylene, or TCE, a common industrial solvent. They contend,
and state officials acknowledge, that the policy is weaker than an
earlier state draft and a proposed new federal standard.

The new policy, they said, fails to protect children living near
contaminated sites.

"The most recent Environmental Protection Agency studies say children
are especially vulnerable to TCE vapors," said Don Holmstrom, an
environmental analyst with the Denver Area Labor Federation. "In those
areas, the most protective cleanup standard should be used."

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for the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2349131,00.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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