From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:32:56 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Chamberlain manufacturing vapor intrusion, Waterloo, Iowa |
EPA: Chamberlain manufacturing site can't be cleaned up By JOHN MOLSEED Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (IA) November 13, 2009WATERLOO - Underground soil contamination from the former Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp. plant is too deep and too old to clean up, environmental officials say. The contamination has spread under surrounding homes, according to samples taken by officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. Representatives from the EPA joined city officials for a public meeting Thursday night to discuss the contamination. Stephanie Doolan, of the EPA Region 7 office in Kansas City, Kan., said officials from the agency are still testing to see how many homes are affected and whether vapor contamination has seeped into homes near the Chamberlain site at 550 Esther St. Previous testing revealed concentrations of heavy metals and other hazardous compounds, including the carcinogen trichloroethylene, known as TCE, on the site. TCE vapor can seep from the contaminated groundwater into homes, Doolan said. ... For the entire article, see http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_91ec1a3c-d070-11de-a551-001cc4c002e0.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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