2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 07:22:49 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Erdle Perforating TCE plume, Gates, New York
 
Gates chemical leak to be cleaned

Steve Orr
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
January 4, 2011


Nearly a quarter-century after a major release of industrial solvents came to light in Gates, New York state officials have come to a decision on a $3.2 million cleanup plan.

The cleanup work will address extensive groundwater and soil contamination by trichloroethene, or TCE, and other potentially dangerous solvents that leaked years ago from Erdle Perforating, a sheet-metal company at 100 Pixley Industrial Parkway in southern Gates.

The solvents have spread through groundwater more than 1,500 feet to the south of Erdle, passing under the Hidden Valley condominium complex and raising concerns about toxic vapors rising through the soil and affecting residents. State officials tested the air in homes there in each of the last four winters, and 10 units were outfitted with special ventilation units to prevent any buildup of vapors.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110104/NEWS01/101040341/1002/NEWS

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