[CPEO-BIF] Former Duracell plant, Sleepy Hollow, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
December 22, 2009


DEC Launches New Investigation at Former Duracell Site in Sleepy Hollow
Mercury and Lead Contamination at Former Superfund Site to Be Re-Assessed

ALBANY, NY (readMedia) -- A new investigation into suspected mercury and 
lead contamination in Sleepy Hollow (Westchester County) will soon begin 
as part of a cooperative agreement between the Gillette Company and the 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), 
Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The agreement stems from an 
initial assessment by DEC that showed some properties may have residual 
soil contamination from the historic operations that took place at the 
former Duracell battery site.

"Localities statewide continue to be affected by our state's highly 
industrial past," Commissioner Grannis said. "Today's agreement with 
Gillette is an important step toward finding out the extent of mercury 
contamination in Sleepy Hollow, so we can develop a mitigation approach 
that complies with the stricter state standards now in effect."

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For the entire release, see
http://readme.readmedia.com/DEC-Launches-New-Investigation-at-Former-Duracell-Site-in-Sleepy-Hollow/1006478

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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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