2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:09:05 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Williamson County Emergency Management Agency (IL) air quality
 
WCEMA staff not yet allowed to return to CONWR office

By Bill Swinford
Marion Daily Republican (IL)
October 14, 2009

Marion, Ill. -

Despite passing air quality tests, the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency's office at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will not yet reopen.

The Williamson County board voted to keep the office closed, citing continuing concerns with employee health and possible liability. The agency and its four employees are operating temporarily in the courthouse annex on West Main St.

In September the county received results from the Environmental Protection Agency's test of the soil on the property, which is leased from the federal government. Contaminants, including trichloroethylene, were discovered in the testing.

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a man-made solvent used primarily to remove grease from metal parts and textiles. As a gas, TCE can accumulate in buildings at dangerous levels through the process of vapor intrusion.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mariondaily.com/news/x1128411153/WCEMA-staff-not-yet-allowed-to-return-to-CONWR-office

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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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