[CPEO-BIF] Tank Car Corp. of America site, Oreland, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soil samples show low-level contamination


By Nick Malinowski
Springfield Sun (PA)
May 28, 2009

Preliminary soil sampling indicates that low concentrations of the 
contaminants found at the former Tank Car Corp. of America property on 
Oreland Mill Road are present on residential properties abutting the 
site, an official with the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

While there is some circumstantial evidence that the contaminants 
migrated from the Tank Car site to the residential properties, final 
results have not yet been released and are still subject to change, EPA 
site coordinator Mike Towle said.

Residents can be relieved that the EPA has not released the preliminary 
data or begun to remove contaminants on the residential properties, 
because these actions would indicate contamination of a level of 
"elevated concern," Towle said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/05/28/springfield_sun/news/doc4a1f0720886b0822401399.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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