From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | 29 Aug 2007 20:01:52 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Vapor studies in Elmira Heights, NY |
EPA to test air in Heights homes Agency wants to determine whether dangerous TCE vapors are in basements. By Jeff Murray Elmira Star-Gazette (NY) August 29, 2007ELMIRA HEIGHTS -- Federal authorities want to find out whether two former local industrial cleanup sites are affecting the quality of the air in nearby homes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to about 200 residents in the Elmira Heights area, asking for permission to test the air in their homes for traces of trichloroethylene, or TCE, a common industrial solvent. The EPA is conducting the tests because of the proximity of the former Facet Enterprises and Kentucky Avenue Superfund cleanup sites. The Elmira Heights residents weren't singled out for any specific reason, and similar testing is taking place at Superfund sites all over the country, said Mike Basile, community involvement coordinator in the EPA Buffalo office. ... For the entire article, see http://www.star-gazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/708290323/1001 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields | |
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