[CPEO-BIF] Milford condo ventilation system

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Milford condos cleanup hits $750,000 

Brian McCready 
New Haven Register
December 10, 2004

MILFORD - The state Department of Environmental Protection has rung up a
$750,000 tab at Caswell Cove condominiums as costs to install a
ventilation system for Building 500 have swelled to $400,000, an agency
spokesman said. 

But DEP spokesman Matthew Fritz said Thursday the good news is that
crews have begun installing ventilation in Building 500 that is designed
to ensure trichloroethylene contamination found near the building does
not enter the living space.

The bad news is the cost of the work is eight times what it typically
costs to install such a ventilation system. Earlier this year, the DEP
spent $350,000 to install similar ventilation units in Caswell Cove?s
buildings 100, 200, 300, and 400, where contamination had been
discovered. There are 14 buildings on the site.

"Obviously we?re committed to making sure the residents of the complex
are safe," Fritz said. "It?s a necessary precaution. It?s unfortunate
it?s this expensive."

Fritz said the ventilation system for Building 500 is more expensive
because of a lack of crawl space under the building, space the other
four buildings have. Also, because the design for the system was so
complicated, the work will not be completed until early January. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13529847&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6

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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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