[CPEO-BIF] Morristown, New Jersey PCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA probes chemical contamination

Says fumes from Morristown dry cleaners site may be problem

BY ROB SEMAN
PARSIPPANY DAILY RECORD
May 6, 2006

MORRISTOWN -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating 
whether vapors from dry cleaning chemicals that seeped into the ground 
and groundwater beneath a former dry cleaners on Morris Street are 
entering nearby homes or businesses.

The EPA has taken samples beneath several businesses that now operate in 
the former VIP Dry Cleaners building at 89 Morris St., inside nearby 
businesses and under basements of nearby homes.

The agency expects results within the next month.

Spokeswoman Pat Seppi said the EPA's Pre-Remedial Group has been 
checking several sites throughout the state and in New York that have 
been home to businesses such as dry cleaners that use chemicals.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060506/COMMUNITIES32/605060324/1203/NEWS01

--
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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