[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion testing at Moraine, Ohio former GM plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vapor Intrusion Investigation Planned Near Former Plants

MLC Moraine Facilities (formerly Delphi Harrison, GM
Engine and Assembly Plants)
Moraine, Ohio 
September 2010

Motors Liquidation Co. under the supervision of U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 5 is making plans to conduct a vapor intrusion 
 investigation in residential areas southwest and east of the former 
General Motors manufacturing complex. EPA wants Motors Liquidation Co. 
(MLC) to do the sampling this fall and next spring. The sampling will be 
 very unobtrusive and will consist of small holes dug near streets.

...

VOCs released at the former GM plants have been carried along by 
underground water 2,000 feet southwest of the facilities toward the 
Great  Miami River. While the plants released several different VOCs, 
the two of most concern are called TCE (trichloroethylene) and PCE
(tetrachloroethylene).

...

For the entire fact sheet, see
http://www.ci.moraine.oh.us/pdf/MLC%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

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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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