[CPEO-BIF] Energizer, Bennington, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Factory to clean nearby soil

NEAL GOSWAMI
Bennington Banner (VT)
October 31, 2007

BENNINGTON - State officials presented a plan to remediate chemical 
contamination at the Energizer plant Tuesday night, saying the 
aggressive method chosen should capture enough of the contamination to 
meet state standards.

...

Testing of the four homes found to have moderately elevated levels 
showed that remediation work on the homes was not necessary, according 
to Energizer officials.

...

"One of the prime questions has to be what does this do to our property 
values and our ability to sell a house?" said Arlene Danville, who owns 
a home on Gage Street that was found to have elevated levels of PCE and 
TCE. "As local residents, it would have been nice to have somebody (from 
the town) here."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_7327361

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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