Ithaca TCE investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hinchey presses state DEC
Emerson waits for ruling on soil, air testing plan

ROGER DUPUIS II
Ithaca Journal (NY) 
August 26, 2004

ITHACA -- U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey is adding his voice to those calling
for state officials to step up remedial efforts around the site of
industrial solvent contamination in Ithaca. 

"Emerson (Power Transmission) has been very cooperative. Emerson is
doing the proper thing and attempting to be a good citizen here,"
Hinchey, D-22nd, said during a press conference on Turner Place in the
city. "It is the Department of Environmental Conservation that is
lagging ... in its responsibilities." 

Earlier this month, Emerson submitted to the state a plan for indoor air
and soil gas testing at 32 homes around Emerson's plant. That plan must
be approved by the DEC. 

"We haven't heard anything," said South Cayuga Street resident Joyce
Muchan, adding that residents "want to know how contaminated we are and
how toxic is the environment we are living in." 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040826/localnews/1116757.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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