[CPEO-BIF] American Valve Superfund site, Coxsackie, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Valve report alarms mayor

Investigation of American Valve site reveals presence of toxins

By Colin DeVries
Greene County Daily Mail (NY)
January 9, 2010

COXSACKIE - Though the remediation work of the American Valve Superfund 
site in the village was thought complete, a recent letter announcing 
intent to test the area for potentially airborne toxins has ignited 
erstwhile anxieties.

A recent investigation into the 15.5-acre former American Valve 
manufacturing site at 170 Mansion St., revealed that groundwater and 
unsaturated soil in the area showed the presence of potentially 
dangerous toxins formerly used as cleaning agents.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2010/01/09/news/doc4b480ae45d2b7648376972.prt

--


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