[CPEO-BIF] Chewing Gum Factory site, Haverford, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[When I first saw that a "Gum" factory might have vapor intrusion, I 
thought it was supposed to say "Gun." Chewing gum production is not one 
of the industries that I normally mention as places to look for volatile 
organic compounds capable of vapor intrusion. - LS]



Into The Unknown - The Chewing Gum Factory Site At The Eagle Road Corridor

Michael H. Levin, Ph.D., F.A.A.A.S.
Environmental Research Associates
October 15, 2009

1.  The site is a portion of the Superfund Site since 1982, National 
Priority List #542, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA). The remedy status is incomplete. No vapor intrusion studies into 
closed structures have been performed.

2.  The entire gum factory property was taken by Eminent Domain in the 
Fall of 2009 with compensation of $1.2Million.  An undisclosed amount of 
additional compensation is being sought by the owner from Haverford 
Township in Common Pleas Court. Legal fees for acquisition and 
subsequent lease from Haverford Township to the YMCA have not been 
disclosed.

...

For the entire entry, see
http://environresearchassoc.com/?p=62

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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>
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