[CPEO-BIF] Copley Township, Ohio dry-cleaning spill

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. EPA comes up with plan to treat water contamination in Copley

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
October 28, 2009

A remedy with a $5 million price tag has been selected for a federal 
Superfund site in Copley Township.

The plan chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday 
calls for treating contaminated groundwater near the Copley Square Plaza 
and connecting about 30 households to Akron water.

In addition, some buildings, including the Meadows of Copley 
condominiums, will get devices to collect any dangerous vapors that 
might move through the soil and seep into the structures.

The EPA will inject a chemical compound into contaminated groundwater 
near the plaza at Copley and Jacoby roads to break down the dry-cleaning 
chemicals that are polluting a shallow aquifer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/67053297.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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