[CPEO-BIF] Island Trees High School, Levittown, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC Decides on Final Remedy for ITHS Lead Contamination
Encapsulation of Affected Areas to Commence Summer of 2010


by Jaime L. Tomeo
Levittown Tribune (NY)
September 4, 2009

Over 10 years, three superintendents and countless public meetings 
later, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) 
has selected the final remedy for the lead contamination issue in the 
basement of Island Trees High School.

Working cooperatively with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) 
and the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDH), a decision was made 
after "careful consideration" states the August Remedial Alternative 
Report (RAR) from the DEC.

The following is a summary of the chosen remedy - Capping:

...

The School District will restrict access to pipe tunnel area.
This remediation process is part of an Order of Consent the school 
district entered into with the DEC in April 2006. The area of concern is 
approximately 5,230 square feet in the high school's basement and is 
comprised of pipe and branch tunnels and access spaces. In the past, the 
district has implemented soil removal, room and tunnel closures, warning 
signs, double-locked doors and plastic polyethylene sheeting.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/2692-dec-decides-on-final-remedy-for-iths-lead-contamination.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
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