[CPEO-BIF] Wright Township (Pennsylvania) TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Development's 'contaminated water' noted
Wright Twp. subdivision linked to people involved in the ongoing Luzerne 
County corruption probe.

JANINE UNGVARSKY
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)
November 18, 2009

WRIGHT TWP. - The lone homeowner in a townhouse development once known 
as The Sanctuary said he doesn't want anyone else to fall victim as he 
did, and he wants to know who in Wright Township is responsible for 
making that protection happen.

Nick La Rosa, who owns and lives in the only completed house in the 
development that has since been renamed Whispering Ridge, brought his 
concerns before the regular meeting of the township planning commission 
Tuesday night.

"There is TCE (trichloroethylene) in the underground water, and there is 
no question (the developers) knew it," La Rosa said. "Who in Wright 
Township protects the interests of the residents?"


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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Development_rsquo_s__lsquo_contaminated_water_rsquo__noted_11-18-2009.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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