[CPEO-BIF] Hillcrest (NY) vapor intrusion update

[lsiegel@np.craigslist.org]

3 more Hillcrest properties will get TCE venting systems

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
August 16, 2006

HILLCREST -- Three more Hillcrest properties will require systems to block
subterranean plumes of TCE, according to the latest round of tests from
the state, bringing the total so far to 95.

Testing for trichloroethylene at "a few" more properties is likely in the
coming heating season, said Thomas Suozzo, an engineer with the state
Department of Environmental Conservation. The exact number and location
will be determined in a report expected in coming months, he added.

Letters documenting the results went out to affected property owners late
last week, Suozzo said Monday.

Meanwhile, the state is working with Triple Cities Metal Finishing, owner
of a former metal plating factory on Nowlan Road, to try to understand
where the pollution might be coming from and how it moves through the
ground.

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