[CPEO-BIF] West Lafayette, Indiana TCE/PCE contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WL finds contamination near ex-CTS site

Lafayette Journal & Courier (IN)
November 6, 2009

West Lafayette city engineers have found evidence of soil and 
groundwater contamination near the site of an ongoing environmental 
cleanup project near the intersection of Yeager Road and Cumberland 
Avenue, Mayor John Dennis said today.

According to Dennis, lab results provided to the city show elevated 
levels of the chemicals perchloroethene (PCE, also referred to as 
tetrachloroethylene) and trichloroethene (TCE).

The 2900 block of Yeager Road is the area of an Indiana Department of 
Environmental Management-directed cleanup at the former site of CTS Corp.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jconline.com/article/20091106/NEWS09/91106006

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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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