[CPEO-BIF] King's College vapor intrusion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Environmental issues raised at W-B building
Air quality of new structure near King's College to be evaluated by 
state officials.

BILL O'BOYLE
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)
August 26, 2009

WILKES-BARRE - Air quality test results over the next few days could 
determine if a new building constructed to house King's College 
students, offices and a day care facility can open.

Citing two concerns, the state Department of Environmental Protection 
has recommended the city not issue an occupancy permit for Gateway 
Corners, the new building at the corner of North Main and North streets.

However, a temporary occupancy certificate was issued before the city 
was made aware of DEP's concerns. Some King's students are already 
living in the building and more are scheduled to move in this weekend. A 
day care center is scheduled to open there in September.

According to DEP spokesman Mark Carmon, the two concerns are sewage 
backing up into neighboring homes along Meyers Court and potential vapor 
intrusion in the building caused by old petroleum and dry cleaning 
storage tanks that have been removed from the site. The building sits on 
land once occupied by the former Mary MacIntosh Dry Cleaning.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Environmental_issues_raised_at_W-B_building_08-26-2009.html

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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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