2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 11 Nov 2006 18:02:20 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] More "Southern Tier" (NY) vapor investigation
 
Officials to expand search for TCE
Endicott, Hillcrest, Union sites targeted

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
November 11, 2006

The search for hazardous chemicals leaching into Southern Tier homes and businesses -- already involving at least 1,000 Southern Tier properties -- will continue to broaden in coming months, state officials said this week.

Scientists will expand their search this winter for hazardous fumes from underground pollution to include at least 50 additional buildings in Endicott, Union and Hillcrest, said Diane Carlton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Additionally, the air in about 100 area properties tested last winter will be re-sampled.

This will be the fifth year of a comprehensive search for trichloroethylene (TCE) vapors in Southern Tier homes and businesses near industrial sites tainted by the common industrial solvent. But it is the first year scientists will use a slightly revised policy in determining acceptable levels of TCE finalized by the state Department of Health last month.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/NEWS01/611110313/1006

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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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