[CPEO-BIF] "N.Y. tests Town of Owego sites for pollutants"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

N.Y. tests Town of Owego sites for pollutants

Chemicals similar to those in Endicott

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
January 31, 2005

Scientists have begun checking to see whether pollution at large
manufacturing sites east of Owego is causing problems similar to those
in Endicott, where traces of solvents are seeping into buildings and
water. 

The sites are now owned by Sanmina-SCI on Route 17C, where chemicals
called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have seeped into the ground.
IBM Corp., which once operated one of the sites called the Broadway
Complex, is also involved in the investigation, according to records
from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. 

Samples were collected last month inside Sanmina, which makes printed
circuit boards, to see whether pollution under the site is affecting air
quality, said Mary Jane Peachey, a regional scientist with the DEC. The
state is awaiting analysis of the samples, expected in four to six
weeks, to determine what the next steps might be. 

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http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne013105s145016.shtml
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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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