[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca, New York - VOCs and Sewer Lines

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Sewer lines polluting neighborhood
Origins of TCE may not be what once was believed

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
May 15, 2009

A new report from the state Department of Environmental Conservation 
shows elevated levels of contaminants like trichloroethylene (TCE) above 
city sewer lines that originate from Emerson Power Transmission, Axiohm 
and Therm Incorporated, though a DEC engineer said the agency is not yet 
prepared to name Axiohm and Therm as sources of pollution.
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Two months ago, DEC officials told the public that the pollution in 
their South Hill neighborhoods does not come from Emerson's fire water 
reservoir, as long believed. It comes from the sewers.

...

Walter Hang, the environmental activist and business owner who brought 
attention to pollution problems near Emerson in 2004, said the pace and 
scope of investigation has been slow and limited.

The DEC should require companies to disclose historic use and disposal 
of chemicals, so they can begin cleanups from the source, rather than 
the edges, Hang said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090515/NEWS01/905150346/1126/NEWS/Sewer+lines+polluting+neighborhood

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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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