[CPEO-BIF] CVS near former dry cleaners, Midland, Texas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CVS Pharmacy approaches city about Municipal Setting Designation for  
groundwater contamination

Kathleen Thurber
Midland Reporter-Telegram |(TX)
February 22, 2011 7:00 pm

City council members said Tuesday they'll continue to research after  
receiving a request from CVS Pharmacy to support its efforts at being  
given a Municipal Setting Designation.

The designation, which is one provided by the Texas Commission on  
Environmental Quality, would allow the pharmacy to address  
groundwater contamination issues at its Andrews Highway store at a  
quicker and more cost effective rate than would otherwise be  
possible, said Jill Reed, assistant director of utilities at the city  
of Midland.

...

Reed said the contamination of hydrocarbons in the water at that spot  
has existed at low levels for some time and is the result, largely,  
of chemicals previously used by nearby dry cleaning businesses. She  
said the groundwater is located 12 to 15 feet below the surface, does  
not affect drinking water and is not spreading according to tests  
conducted a half mile away from the site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_8de678a3-d598-545e- 
a5a1-60d716769da2.html

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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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