[CPEO-BIF] Copley Square contamination, Copley, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA requesting input on Copley cleanup proposal
Public meeting on Copley Square contamination set for July 22


By Kathleen Folkerth
West Side Leader (Akron, OH)
July 2, 2009



COPLEY - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a 
$5 million plan to clean up the contaminated Copley Square site and is 
asking the public for feedback.

....

The EPA reports that in 2000 the Ohio EPA found the ground water still 
was contaminated, which resulted in the site being placed on the federal 
Superfund list in 2005. Inclusion on that list made the site eligible 
for federal funding.

Further study by the EPA showed that the PERC-contaminated ground water 
had formed a mass of contaminated water, called a plume, which affected 
the homes. The EPA said the plume is not safe for drinking water if used 
for a private tap, and pollution from it may pose the threat of vapor 
intrusion.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=5856

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org




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