[CPEO-BIF] Labelon site, Canandaigua, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater contamination found at Labelon site in Canandaigua



By Philip Anselmo
Canandaigua Messenger Post (NY)
March 24, 2010

Canandaigua, N.Y. - Groundwater contamination at the site of the vacant 
Labelon building downtown will postpone plans for the building's 
redevelopment.

"It's premature to talk about remediation at this point," said Bart 
Putzig, regional hazardous waste remediation engineer with the state 
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

The site is contaminated with "chlorinated solvents," said Putzig, and 
although there is no threat to the drinking water supply in the area, 
there is the possibility that "buildings on the site would have vapors 
coming into it." Putzig said the contamination is "moderate," and the 
state plans to investigate further.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x427982348/Groundwater-contamination-found-at-Labelon-site-in-Canandaigua

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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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