2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:57:48 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] West Lafayette, Indiana TCE/PCE contamination
 
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
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