[CPEO-BIF] Renter notification, New York vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State TCE bill heads to Paterson

Pataki, Spitzer vetoed previous versions

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
June 25, 2008

After being vetoed twice, state lawmakers have passed a third version of 
a bill designed to inform renters about TCE hazards and other pollution 
they may unknowingly live with.

The renter notification bill passed the Assembly by a 140-0 vote and the 
Senate by 62-0 during last-minute voting late Monday and early Tuesday 
before summer recess.

The bill was authored by Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, D-Endwell and 
Sen. Thomas W. Libous, R-Binghamton. Both represent districts where TCE 
fumes have polluted properties through a process called vapor intrusion.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/NEWS01/806250330/1001

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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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