[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion in Bally (PA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA says TCE may exist beneath homes in Bally

Don Brensinger
Pottstown Mercury (PA)
March 22, 2005

BALLY -- More than 40 homeowners have been notified that toxic vapors 
may exist beneath their properties. The letter from the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency asks residents near Fourth Street for 
permission to perform vapor intrusion sampling in the basements of their 
homes to test for the contamination of trichloroethylene, known as TCE.

Mitch Cron, EPA remedial project manager, expects the sampling results 
to reveal if and where TCE is present beneath the properties. The test 
will also specify whether the TCE vapors exist in concentrations that 
pose a potential threat to residents.

"We don’t know if it’s a concern or not at this point, but that’s 
something we are trying to figure out," Cron said. "It is our 
responsibility to evaluate it and see if it’s a problem or not."

Homeowners were invited to meet with Cron and Megan Dougherty, EPA 
compliance officer, Monday at the Bally Borough Hall.

Cron explained that the possibility of TCE vapors is a result of 
contaminated groundwater that originated from the former Bally 
Engineered Structures plant.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cpeo.org/lists/brownfields/2005/msg00122.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
http://www.cpeo.org


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