[CPEO-BIF] TCE remediation, NCR site, Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New strategy pays dividends

Half of Axiohm wells register drop in toxic chemicals

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NYU)
July 1, 2009

A toxics-removal strategy that's new to South Hill is showing some 
initial success at the former Axiohm factory.

In half of tested wells, toxic chemicals in groundwater have decreased 
or disappeared, according to a report on the first testing conducted 
after implementation of the new cleanup strategy.

The Axiohm site, formerly a factory of National Cash Register, is now 
the South Hill Business Campus.

South Hill Business Campus entered the state's voluntary Brownfield 
Cleanup Program in 2005 and completed a site investigation that 
documented trichloroethylene, or TCE, of up to 5,300 parts per billion 
in soil vapor samples below the parking lot and 270 ppb below the 
building, according to a DEC database. In groundwater, TCE was found at 
levels up to 2,200 ppb.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090701/NEWS01/907010351/1126/New+strategy+pays+dividends

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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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