[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion at CooperVision, Scottsville, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vapor intrusion tests coming near Scottsville plant

Steve Orr
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (NY)
December 27, 2008

Contact lens maker CooperVision is in the midst of a third round of 
environmental tests near its plant in the village of Scottsville, trying 
to track vapors from industrial solvents that spilled or leaked over the 
years at the manufacturing facility.

State environmental officials said the next step will be indoor air 
testing at apartments and townhouses just east of the CooperVision 
facility, to determine if the vapors might be seeping into the buildings 
from the earth below.

"We're looking to make sure that round happens early in the new year," 
said Bart Putzig, regional hazardous waste remediation engineer for the 
state Department of Environmental Conservation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20081227/NEWS01/812270336/1002/NEWS

--


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



_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org