[CPEO-BIF] Pompton Lakes (NJ) vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State says toxin levels low at site

BY ELAINE D'AURIZIO
Bergen Record (NJ)
September 21, 2008

POMPTON LAKES - In a recent conversation with The Record, staff members 
of the state Department of Environmental Protection reported the 
following about the chemical contamination beneath a local neighborhood:

* To date, vapor testing of homes above the plume has shown some 
evidence of the degreasing chemicals PCE and TCE, some above and some 
below the state's standard for screening. But nothing has scored what's 
called the "rapid action level," which would require the installation of 
mitigation systems. That level is about 10 times the so-called 
"screening level," which would advise that more testing is done.

No sampling results they have seen so far, they said, "would pose a 
significant threat."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/environment/environmentnews/29037224.html

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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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