[CPEO-BIF] Allendale Elementary School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

PCB levels unacceptable

By Jack Dew
Berkshire Eagle (MA)
December 16, 2007

PITTSFIELD - A new round of testing has discovered PCBs in a schoolyard 
that has been at the center of controversy surrounding the ongoing 
environmental cleanup.

The U.S. Environmental Protection said soil samples taken from a corner 
of a field at Allendale Elementary School revealed unacceptable PCB 
levels 1 foot under the surface. Although the agency said the pollution 
poses no health risk to pupils, faculty or nearby residents, a 
contractor is expected to begin a cleanup tomorrow.

The news emerged as the Allendale community continues to grapple with 
the existence of Hill 78 - a 5.6-acre PCB landfill that sits 40 feet 
from the schoolyard. The dump was a provision of the PCB settlement - 
finalized in 2000 - among the EPA, GE, Pittsfield and several other 
state and federal agencies. As the landfill has grown taller, it has 
become more controversial, with teachers and nearby residents 
complaining that it presents a health risk to the Allendale neighborhood.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/localnews/ci_7734905#

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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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