2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:15:53 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Palo Alto, California TCE plume
 
Report: Pollution spikes despite years of cleanup
Superfund site to clean up toxic chemicals from a leaky tank has generally lowered contamination except for some areas

by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Online (CA)
October 4, 2010

Despite nearly three decades of clean-up efforts at a central Palo Alto Superfund site, groundwater contamination from a leaky underground chemical tank has dramatically concentrated in some small areas, according to [www.paloaltoonline.com a new water-quality report.]

None of the contamination is threatening homes but it is causing some concern about vapors penetrating commercial buildings.

Underground contamination from the "Hewlett-Packard 620-640 Page Mill Road Superfund Site" has increased in some areas, according to a five-year review released Sept. 30 by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board San Francisco Bay Region. It is the third five-year study.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=18496

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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