[CPEO-BIF] Emerson (Ithaca, NY) lowers vapor intrusion mitigation threshold

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Emerson lowers mitigation standard

By JENNIE DALEY
Ithaca Journal (NY)
March 8, 2006

ITHACA — At least 26 new homes could receive mitigation systems for a 
specific toxic chemical since Emerson announced a change in its policy 
regarding action thresholds yesterday.

Under the new guidelines, any home that had at least one test where 
indoor air registered 0.8 micrograms per cubic meter or higher for 
tricholorethylene will be offered a mitigation system. The previous 
standard, based on draft state regulations, was 5 micrograms per cubic 
meter of trichloroethylene, which is better known as TCE.

Emerson revealed this change by sending out a letter to residents dated 
March 6.

"This seems like a tacit admission that things may be somewhat worse 
than the rosy picture that was painted all along," said Ken Deschere, a 
South Hill resident.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS01/603080333/1002

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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