[CPEO-BIF] MTBE spill, Bullville, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water worries Bullville residents
DEC reps hear, but can't answer, many questions

By Steve Israel
Times Herald-Record
August 22, 2009

BULLVILLE - The Department of Environmental Conservation knew of gas 
station spills that would pollute the water of a firehouse and taint the 
wells of residents since 1994.

The gas station's water even tested high for the contaminating gas 
additive MTBE in 2001. But the DEC didn't tell neighbors of the 
contamination from the Hit or Miss Mobil until 2008, after two more 
spills and a truck accident at the Bullville firehouse well.

Now the firehouse water contains so much MTBE, the DEC has mandated 
filters on its wells. Firefighters in this Orange County hamlet fear 
they can't build a desperately needed new headquarters. The neighbors — 
who have installed their own filters — fear they can't sell their homes. 
Their MTBE levels aren't high enough for the state to mandate action, 
but they're too high to trust the water, especially for families with 
babies.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090822/COMM/908220311/-1/NEWS

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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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