From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:43:31 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Buell Automatics TCE, Gates, New York |
DEC targets Buell Automatics Ernst Lamothe Jr. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) February 9, 2008 GATES - Chemical products used for decades at a Gates manufacturing company pose a significant threat to human health and the environment, according to a state Department of Environmental Conservation report. After a four-year investigation, the DEC found high levels of trichloroethene (TCE) in soil and groundwater at Buell Automatics, 381 Buell Road. ... The tainted groundwater flowed 200 feet southwest, toward the Comfort Inn, 395 Buell Road, the report said. DEC officials performed a vapor intrusion analysis near and around the hotel. The site is not near a residential area. ... DEC officials conducted investigations between March 2002 and September 2006 to evaluate geologic and groundwater conditions on- and off-site. The investigation included sampling and chemical soil analysis from more than 60 soil borings, 19 groundwater wells and indoor air from buildings at three adjacent properties. ... For the entire article, see http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/NEWS01/802090316/1002/NEWS -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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