[CPEO-BIF] Carter Carburetor vapor intrusion study, St. Louis, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA Region 7
September 9, 2008


EPA Begins Study of TCE Contaminants at Carter Carburetor Site


(Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 9, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency Region 7 will begin a vapor intrusion study today at the Carter 
Carburetor Corporation site, 2000-2840 N. Spring St., in St. Louis to 
determine if trichloroethylene (TCE) vapors are present beneath the 
floor of the building. EPA's Mobile Lab, staffed by EPA contractors, 
will be on site for approximately two weeks collecting samples.

The testing should help EPA determine if there is a potential for these 
vapors to intrude and accumulate in this building or any future 
development on the site. The information will also be needed to make 
decisions as to the type of cleanup that will be needed, if any.

The Carter Carburetor site is a former carburetor manufacturing plant. 
Gasoline and diesel powered carburetors were made at the site from the 
1930s until 1984, when the plant was closed. EPA site investigations 
found unacceptable levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the 
building and some areas outside the buildings. ACF Industries demolished 
and disposed of three smaller buildings where PCBs were used in the 
manufacturing process.

ACF Industries discovered TCE contamination in the subsurface while 
conducting an engineering evaluation and cost analysis under EPA 
oversight at the site. EPA's sampling is a follow-up to that discovery. 
TCE can form vapors which can travel through the soil and enter 
buildings through cracks or other openings in the floor.

Documents regarding the Carter Carburetor site are available for review 
at the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, 2901 N. Grand in St. Louis or 
at the EPA Region 7 Record Center, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kan.

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For the original release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/5cad5fcbd125827f852574c00046a2fb?OpenDocument

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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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