2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:05:21 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Omega Chemical, Whittier, California vapor intrusion
 
News Release
U.S. EPA
November 17, 2009

U.S. EPA signs agreement addressing indoor air contamination at Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier


LOS ANGELES - Under the terms of a recently signed agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 75 members of the Omega Chemical Site PRP Organized Group (OPOG), the OPOG parties will undertake a number of actions to address indoor air contamination at commercial buildings located near the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Whittier, Calif.

The agency believes that the indoor air contamination is caused by contaminated soil and groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site. Volatile contaminants from the Omega site, such as tetrachloroethene (PCE), and trichloroethene (TCE), are able to migrate through soil and into buildings through a process known as vapor intrusion. Contamination levels in two buildings adjacent to the site have been documented at levels above the EPA's health-protective range for long-term industrial/commercial exposure to PCE and TCE.

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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/a6c06524814d6db385257671006805bd?OpenDocument

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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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