[CPEO-BIF] Clinton West Plaza (Ithaca, New York) cleanup plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEC: Treat pollution in place at Ithaca plaza

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
March 2, 2010

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing that the 
same cleanup method used at South Hill Business Campus and proposed at 
Emerson Power Transmission be used to fight contamination at Clinton 
West Plaza.

Contamination was discovered at the plaza in 2005, and a full 
investigation in 2008 and 2009 found groundwater contamination from 
seven volatile organic compounds, including tetrachloroethene, also 
known as PCE or PERC, and its breakdown components: trichloroethene, or 
TCE, cis-1,2-Dichloroethene, and vinyl chloride. All are considered 
likely carcinogens.

The cleanup plan recommended by the DEC would involve injecting a 
chemical oxidant into the ground around the plaza in 24 places twice 
over 30 days.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100302/NEWS01/3020372

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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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