2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:04:07 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Chem-Fab vapor testing, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
 
Vapor testing to begin April 12

By CHRISTINA KRISTOFIC
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
March 26, 2010

Doylestown - The EPA will test for intrusion of chemical vapors into the site of the former Chem-Fab plant and nearby buildings.

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin testing about 30 properties near the former Chem-Fab plant on Broad Street in Doylestown for "vapor intrusion" - that is, the possible leaching of chemical vapors through the soil and into the air inside the buildings.

The properties are on the south side of Broad Street, between Doyle Street and the 611 bypass. All but one of the properties - Doyle Elementary School - are private residences.

...

Cindy Santiago, the on-scene coordinator for the EPA, said the EPA is testing the 30 properties to determine whether there is enough vapor intrusion to pose a threat to the health of the people who live and work at those properties.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_timcourieres/_times_news_details/article/28/2010/march/26/vapor-testing-to-begin-april-12-1/print.html

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Lenny Siegel
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