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 cleanupSuperfund 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, 2010Despite 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. ... For the entire article, see http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=18496 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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