[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca, New York dry cleaners

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC releases dry cleaner cleanup plans

Clinton West and Campagnolo properties studied

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
July 9, 2010


The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released final 
cleanup decisions for two former Ithaca dry cleaners: the Clinton West 
Plaza on West Clinton Street and the Campagnolo property at 315 N. 
Meadow St.

Both properties were identified by the state as "Class 2" sites "where 
hazardous waste presents a significant threat to public health or the 
environment and action is required." Both properties formerly hosted dry 
cleaning operations on site that used tetrachloroethylene, PCE or PERC.

...

At Clinton West, PERC in groundwater was detected at between 2 and 1,600 
parts per billion. PERC's breakdown components, trichloroethylene, or 
TCE, cis-1,2-Dichloroethene, DCE, and vinyl chloride were also detected 
above acceptable levels -- up to 600 ppb, 2,800 ppb and 380 ppb, 
respectively. State guidelines for all of the chemicals are 5 ppb or lower.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100709/NEWS01/7090349/DEC-releases-final-dry-cleaner-cleanup-plans

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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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