2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:27:22 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Mountain Top, Pennsylvania TCE report
 
This is another case of people being told their indoor air is safe based upon an unprotective standard. In my part of the country (and many others), 7 micrograms per cubic meter of TCE in residential indoor air would lead to the immediate installation of a vapor mitigation system. This is based on the old standard, not EPA's draft toxicity assessment, which would call for even more protective thresholds.

Once again I call on EPA to quickly issue a standard for TCE in indoor air, covering both cancer and non-cancer risks. People who live in impacted homes don't appreciate the inconsistency, and they won't be happy when they are told that they were previously evaluated against a standard that was found to be unprotective.

Lenny

Lenny Siegel wrote:
Report: Contaminated groundwater no threat to Mountain Top residents

BILL WELLOCK
Wilkes-Barre Citizens-Voice (PA)
August 18, 2010

The groundwater around Church Road in Mountain Top is still contaminated, but a report concludes the residents aren't at risk.

A report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a federal public health agency, says exposure to chemicals from the site is not expected to pose a risk to residents, because most residents get their water from the public supply.

"Residential well water samples collected in 2004 showed levels of TCE (trichloroethylene) above the current Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant level (MCL), for drinking water. However, since 2004, the residents have been supplied with alternative drinking water and subsequently hooked up to public water supply, with the exception of one residential property, and are not a current pathway of exposure."

...

For the entire article, see
http://citizensvoice.com/news/report-contaminated-groundwater-no-threat-to-mountain-top-residents-1.955951



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Lenny Siegel
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