[CPEO-BIF] Perkasia (PA) vapor intrusion

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

EPA to update residents in Perkasie on TCE probe

More than 70 homes have been tested for the contaminant.

By Dalondo Moultrie
Allentown Morning Call (PA)
September 28, 2005

Perkasie residents will get their second update tonight on a federal
investigation of the borough's contamination by TCE, a potentially
cancer-causing chemical.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency representatives will give a brief
update of the investigation that began in September 2003 and then open
the forum to questions, EPA press officer Bonnie Smith said.

"It informs people on the level they like to be informed," she said.
"Everyone wants to know 'Why is, or why isn't, my house in the study area?'"

EPA investigators have tested four homes for TCE vapor intrusion since
last briefing the community in March, said Rich Fetzer, EPA on-scene
coordinator. Overall, they have tested more than 70 homes, including
about 15 near the Stainless Inc. property, a former industrial plant on
S. Ninth Street in downtown Perkasie that is contaminated.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b2_2tcesep28,0,530020.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed

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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
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