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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

September 4
Updated: Today at 7:07 AM
Gateway Corners dormitory safe for students

DEP says tests show air quality is OK. Final report from Dept. of Health 
is due.

By Bill O’Boyleboboyle@timesleader.com
Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE – The developers and King’s College say the new Gateway 
Corners dormitory building is safe for occupancy.



By Bill O’Boyle
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)
September 4, 2009

Mark Carmon, spokesman for the state Department of Environmental 
Protection, said a review of test results shows there is no threat to 
students, but the state agency is waiting for a final report from the 
Department of Health.

College representatives and the developer offered a look inside the $20 
million building Friday.

Dave Yeager, president of the Radnor Property Group, Dave Selingo, 
chairman of the board of Kinship Square, and Lisa Marie McCauley, King’s 
College vice president for business affairs, walked through the building 
and assured that recent testing on the air quality in the building 
showed no reason for concern.

The building sits on the site of the former Mary MacIntosh Dry Cleaning 
building and underground storage tanks of petroleum products and dry 
cleaning fluids were removed before construction. DEP raised concerns 
about possible vapor intrusion into the building and ordered testing be 
done. Four holes were drilled into the concrete slab foundation last 
week and soil samples were taken for testing.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Gateway_Corners_dormitory_safe_for_students_09-04-2009.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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