[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca (NY) vapor intrusion site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Morse Chain site to be reclassified

JENNIE DALEY
Ithaca Journal (NY) 
February 3, 2005


ITHACA -- Reclassification of the Emerson Power Transmission site on
South Hill is imminent, according to state officials, but the impact of
the change on investigations into pollution sources at the plant is
expected to be minimal. 

The site is now listed as Class 4 on the state's Inactive Hazardous
Waste Disposal Site list, signifying the site was properly closed after
officials addressed infiltration of tricholorethylene, or TCE, in soil
and groundwater. TCE, a solvent used to degrease chains at the plant up
until 1983, can be hazardous to human health if its fumes are inhaled in
large quantities. 

Proceedings under way at the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation will change the site's listing to Class 2: "a significant
threat to public health or environment -- action required." 

...

Since then, at least 49 homes downhill from Emerson have been tested for
indoor air contamination, and more than one home has received a vapor
mitigation system to reduce levels of TCE. 

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050203/localnews/1947844.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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