[CPEO-BIF] Vapor testing in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE-contaminated homes to undergo testing

BY KRISTEN GAYDOS
Citizens Voice
November 20, 2009

WRIGHT TWP. - Residents' homes affected by the trichloroethylene 
contamination along Church Road should be tested for vapor intrusion of 
the chemical early next year, Environmental Protection Agency officials 
said Thursday.

John Epps, EPA project manager for the contamination cleanup at the 
former Foster Wheeler site, spoke about the vapor intrusion testing 
Thursday at a meeting of the Mountain Top Environmental Oversight Board, 
the community advisory group working with EPA and Foster Wheeler to keep 
residents involved.

He said a public meeting will be held in January to go over the vapor 
intrusion process with residents affected by the contamination. About 37 
residences on Church Road are affected by the groundwater contamination, 
which originated at the former Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. site in the 
Crestwood Industrial Park. The company operated from 1953 to 1984 and 
used trichloroethene, or TCE, as an industrial degreaser.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.citizensvoice.com/news/tce-contaminated_homes_to_undergo_testing

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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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