[CPEO-BIF] AvalonBay Communities, Rockville Centre, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Deeper than they thought

By ARIELLA MONTI 	
Rockville Centre Herald  (NY)
April 16, 2009
	
According to AvalonBay Communities, the company now responsible for 
cleaning up the brownfield at 80-100 Banks Ave., the former Darby Drugs 
site, contamination has permeated the clay layer initially thought to 
have kept pollutants away from the ground water.

"During the supplemental remedial investigation, ground water samples 
collected from three of the temporary vertical profile wells were found 
to have detectable concentrations of tetrachloroethene (PCE), and 
trichloroethene (TCE)," said Matthew Whalen, vice president of 
development for AvalonBay Communities. PCE is more commonly known as the 
dry cleaning chemical perc and TCE is a solvent used for cleaning metal 
machine parts.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20299581&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=479859&rfi=6

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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
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