[CPEO-BIF] NCR site may be second source of South Hill (Ithaca, NY) TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Emerson: TCE at school from old NCR factory

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
September 7, 2007

ITHACA - Low levels of TCE contamination found at South Hill Elementary 
School likely came from a sewer line from the old National Cash Register 
factory, rather than from Emerson Power Transmission, according to a 
Wednesday press release from Emerson.

Emerson collected six soil vapor samples on school grounds to test for 
trichloroethylene, or TCE, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 
TCE was used by Emerson's previous owner, Morse Chain, to degrease parts 
until the late 1970s. It is considered a likely carcinogen.

TCE was detectable at every location, but at levels that the state 
Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation say requires no 
further remediation.

The sewer line ran down the southeast portion of the EPT property, then 
down South Aurora Street, adjacent to the school, according to the 
Emerson release.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/NEWS01/709070332/1002

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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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