[CPEO-BIF] More vapor testing in Endicott and Union (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New TCE testing to start in village and town

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
January 10, 2008

This winter, state health and environmental officials will begin testing 
homes in Endicott and the Town of Union for signs of hazardous chemicals 
flowing in the ground around them.

The area includes more than 12 blocks of residential and commercial 
property, mostly between June Street on the north and Main Street on the 
south. It extends west to North Grippen Avenue into the Town of Union, 
and east to South Loder Avenue in Endicott, according to records from 
the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Officials declined Thursday to say how many structures would be tested, 
or when, until residents in the area are notified. Letters were mailed 
from Albany on Wednesday, said Lori O'Connell a spokeswoman for the 
state DEC.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080110/NEWS01/801100369

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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>
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