[CPEO-BIF] Pompton Lakes, New Jersey residents can choose vapor intrusion contractors

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pompton Lakes residents urged to install vapor mitigation systems

BY LESLIE SCOTT
Suburban Trends (NJ)
July 18, 2010

Residents living in the area of contamination known as The Plume can now 
choose from a list of contractors that are authorized to install vapor 
mitigation systems and do pretesting.

Members of the action group Citizens for a Clean Pompton Lakes say that 
having this choice is a victory for residents of The Plume.

When these residents first learned that vapors were seeping into their 
homes from the contaminated groundwater, some were hesitant because they 
did not want the polluter, DuPont, which operated a munitions factory 
for almost 100 years in the borough, in their homes to install this system.

...

According to DuPont's Pompton Lakes Works website, as of July 12, of the 
439 homes in the plume, DuPont has collected 375 indoor air samples and 
196 mitigation systems have been installed. In addition to this, DuPont 
has completed designs for 64 other homes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/98723144_List_of_alternative_contractors_available_for_Plume_residents_.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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