[CPEO-BIF] Merced (CA) vapor problems

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News from the San Joaquin Valley


Associated Press
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
December 7, 2006


MERCED, Calif. (AP) - Construction of an eco-friendly hotel planned as 
the centerpiece of a downtown revitalization effort was postponed until 
spring after toxic vapors from a former gas station were discovered on 
the site.

City engineers discovered the vapors in contaminated soil earlier this 
year. The level of toxins is high enough to require an ongoing cleanup 
but does not pose a health hazard, said Daniel Ainslie, Merced's 
development coordinator

The construction site sits across from the Civic Center and a gas 
station operated there about 30 years ago, Ainslie said.

...

For the entire newsbrief, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/16187787.htm

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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>
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