[CPEO-BIF] Motors Liquidation Co. indoor air sampling, Moraine, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. EPA Region 5
News Releases No. 11-OPA013
February 10, 2011

EPA to sample air in homes near MLC Moraine, Ohio, ....


(CHICAGO) In March, Motors Liquidation Co., under U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency supervision, will begin collecting indoor air samples 
from about 60 homes and buildings in Moraine, Ohio's, Riverview Plat 
neighborhood. The neighborhood is southwest of the former GM 
manufacturing complex, now known as MLC Moraine....

The air samples are being collected to determine whether hazardous 
vapors are seeping into homes and buildings. Historical chemical 
releases from the facility have contaminated underground water supplies 
2,000 feet to the southwest, toward the Great Miami River. These 
releases involve a class of chemicals called volatile organic compounds. 
When VOCs are spilled on the ground, they can soak into ground water. 
Vapors from the ground water can then rise through the soil and seep 
through cracks in basements and building foundations.

Soil sampling along city streets last fall revealed some hot spots with 
high levels of VOCs. While there is no evidence of actual vapor 
intrusion problems in area homes, the indoor air sampling effort aims to 
confirm residents are safe. The municipal drinking water system has been 
and remains safe from VOC contamination.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a5792a626c8dac098525735900400c2d/bb36480c4ec9ba4a85257833007a0d00!OpenDocument

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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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