[CPEO-BIF] South Hill school, Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[Though the South Hill Elementary School is directly across the street 
from Emerson Electric/Morse Chain, the identified polluter in this part 
of Ithaca, Emerson suggests that the source of contamination near the 
school is a former NCR property, up the hill, that has been successfully 
redeveloped. - LS]


ICSD has no request in for TCE testing

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
October 13, 2007

ITHACA - The Ithaca City School District has not formally requested 
additional indoor air testing at South Hill Elementary school, according 
to a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Friday 
afternoon.

"ICSD hasn't put a formal request to us in writing in order to consider 
it," said Diane Carlton, citizen participation specialist for the DEC. 
State agencies such as the DEC require requests in writing before they 
can consider them, she said. "I expect that if they really and truly 
want this, they would put something in writing."

Paul Mintz, assistant superintendent for business services for the 
district, said the school district has not yet requested additional 
testing because it wants the teachers, staff and parents at South Hill 
to understand the results from the existing tests performed this summer 
and hear from representatives of the DEC and the state Department of 
Health about why they think no further testing is necessary.

ICSD Superintendent Judith Pastel told The Journal Sept. 12 that the 
district would request further testing.

...

For the entire article, 
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071013/NEWS01/710130362/1002

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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