[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Emerson paying for homeowner's gas remediation

JENNIE DALEY
Ithaca Journal (NY) 
December 23, 2004


ITHACA -- A vapor mitigation system expected to reduce indoor levels of
potentially toxic gases is being installed in at least one Ithaca house
at Emerson Power Transmission's expense. 

Janet Snoyer, who has lived on South Hill Terrace for 20 years, had
engineers in her home Tuesday preparing to install the system. 

"They spent quite a lot of time in the basement. They said they'd get it
done in January for sure," she said. 

Emerson chose her home because of the uncharacteristically high levels
of trichloroethene, or TCE, found in her basement, according to Snoyer.
TCE is a chemical degreaser used by the former Morse Chain factory,
where Emerson now operates, that can be toxic if large amounts are
inhaled. Other residences in her neighborhood may also be getting
mitigation systems. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20041223/localnews/1778239.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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