2005 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 28 Jun 2005 17:30:36 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] TCE delays Charlottesville (VA) housing project
 
Chemicals change housing plan

By John Yellig
Charlottesville Daily Progress (VA)
June 28, 2005


The Piedmont Housing Alliance had to take its plans for an
affordable-housing development in the Fifeville neighborhood back to the
drawing board after a routine environmental survey revealed the
groundwater is contaminated with an industrial-strength cleaning solvent.

While the chemical, trichloroethylene, isn't concentrated enough to
require extensive clean up, the housing alliance nevertheless
volunteered to take steps to protect those most vulnerable to it: the
construction workers who will build the development.

The chemical is in the water table, about 3 to 6 feet beneath the
surface. Workers would only come in contact with it if they were digging
a foundation.

To avoid this, Charlottesville architect Bill Atwood suggested building
on top of the earth. Under his plan, concrete will be poured into a
weight-bearing form called a ?waffle slab.? It will seal off the exposed
earth at the site, which is a small block bordered by Grove, King, Ninth
and 10th streets.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783536326&path=!news
You may need to cut and paste the URL.
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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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