[CPEO-BIF] Laird Technologies, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Laird says it will start to clean up Water Gap site

By Chad Smith
Pocono Record (PA)
February 8, 2011

An electronics company that accidentally contaminated soil at its former 
facility in Delaware Water Gap plans to begin cleaning up the site later 
this month, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Laird Technologies is supposed to remove trichloroethene, or TCE, from 
the soil at its former plant at 1 Shielding Way, said Cydney 
Faul-Halsor, the DEP official in charge of monitoring the project.

TCE is used to remove grease from metal and is suspected to be a 
carcinogen. Laird, which manufactures antennas and other electronic 
products, has said that the soil was "impacted by TCE as a result of 
historical operations at the site."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110208/NEWS/102080329/-1/NEWS01

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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
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