[CPEO-BIF] Varying TCE standards in NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE standard stricter downstate

Tier residents upset
BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
February 8, 2005 

Stricter guidelines are being applied to protect residents from exposure
to underground pollution in East Fishkill than in Endicott and
Hillcrest, and members of the Southern Tier communities are unhappy
about it. 

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced last week an
acceptable exposure limit of trichloroethylene (TCE) gases for East
Fishkill residents of 0.38 micrograms per cubic meter of indoor air --
at or near the limits of detection. 

In Endicott, Hillcrest and other Southern Tier communities being
evaluated by the state Department of Health, the guideline is 5
micrograms per cubic meter -- more than 10 times greater than the
federal goal being used in East Fishkill. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne020805s146820.shtml

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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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