[CPEO-BIF] Vapors in future (?) state building, Bennington, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

210 South St. test results expected soon

NEAL P. GOSWAMI
Bennington Banner (VT)
February 13, 2009

BENNINGTON - Environmental test results at 210 South Street, a building 
being considered to house state offices, could be available in about one 
month, according to the property owner.

William Colvin, vice president of Applejack Real Estate, which owns the 
downtown building, said Thursday that plans for a system to mitigate 
contamination at the building will likely be submitted to the state 
Agency of Natural Resources today.

An environmental assessment of 210 South St., which once served as an 
automotive garage and housed manufacturing operations, was carried out 
by the state and indicated contamination from trichloroethylene, or TCE.

The chemical is a solvent once used in many manufacturing processes. TCE 
was found in groundwater in the area at low levels in the 1990s, and air 
testing inside the building by a private firm hired by Applejack 
confirmed the presence of TCE, according to George Desch, manager of the 
Hazardous Sites Program for the Department of Environmental Conservation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_11695848

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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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