[CPEO-BIF] Lodi Public Library, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Library moving to temporary home during its renovations

By Maggie Creamer
Lodi News-Sentinel (CA)
October 24, 2008

When the Lodi Public Library closes for renovations on Dec. 1, 
seventhgrader Rae'Moni Harper hopes its temporary home will be close by 
so she can still come study with her sister every day after school.

...

Environmental engineering firm Treadwell and Rollo recently tested the 
building to see if it would be safe for the public, said city spokesman 
Jeff Hood. The experts found that while there are some remnants of 
PCE/TCE, the health risk to the public would be insignificant. The 
testers' report said that a person could breathe the air for more than 
25 years and still be healthy, according to Hood.

The PCE/TCE levels have decreased because a ventilation system was 
installed in the building in 2002, and the city's cleanup efforts have 
also removed thousands of pounds of the contaminant from near that 
location, Hood said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2008/10/25/news/3_library_081025.txt

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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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