[CPEO-BIF] Facet Enterprises, Elmira, New York vapor intrusion investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. EPA News Release
January 13, 2010


EPA Examines Homes near Facet Enterprises in Elmira, NY for Contamination

Concerns that harmful vapors from contamination in ground water below 
homes near the Facet Enterprises Superfund site in Elmira, New York, 
have prompted EPA to conduct another round of investigations of nearby 
homes this week. EPA has already tested under the foundations of more 
than 100 homes for trichloroethylene (TCE), a commonly used industrial 
solvent and probable human carcinogen. TCE can produce emissions that 
rise through the soil and potentially affect indoor air quality, a 
phenomena known as vapor intrusion.

After sampling 103 homes, EPA found elevated levels in some and has 
installed mitigation systems in 27 of them. The Agency will test under 
the foundations of 18 additional homes, and will do indoor sampling of 
nine more in this latest round of sampling.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/a0e1f22fe4839f17852576aa006ccd50?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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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