[CPEO-BIF] Binghamton Gas Light Company, Binghamton, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic soil at downtown Binghamton site to be removed this summer

By Steve Reilly
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
June 23, 2010

BINGHAMTON -- Back in its industrial heyday, the Binghamton Gas Light 
Company helped light up the Parlor City. But it appears to have left 
behind a poisonous legacy.

Inside the fences surrounding a 1.4-acre parcel of land between 
Washington and Water streets, approximately 21,000 tons of soil 
containing contaminants including xylene, benzene and polycyclic 
aromatic hydrocarbons -- byproducts of 19th century gas production 
techniques -- are being unearthed to clear the ground for the 
development of a new student housing complex.

The estimated 13,200 cubic yards of material -- enough to fill four 
Olympic-size swimming pools -- will be taken from the site this summer.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100623/NEWS01/6230384/1112/Toxic-soil-at-downtown-Binghamton-site-to-be-removed-this-summer

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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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