2008 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Watertown, NY vapor testing
 
DEC finds chemical at homes, Air Brake

By ROBERT BRAUCHLE
WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES (NY)
June 24, 2008

Trace amounts of trichlo-roethylene have been found on the former New York Air Brake site and under homes on Starbuck Avenue north of Hoard Street, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The TCE was dumped by the manufacturer more than 50 years ago and still remains trapped in the subsurface bedrock. Underground water may be transporting the chemical north and west of the Air Brake campus. When the TCE evaporates, the "vapor intrusions" can collect at dangerous levels in basements and under homes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080624/NEWS03/229565042

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Lenny Siegel
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