[CPEO-BIF] Great Neck, New York MTBE spill

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Department of Environmental Conservation Releases MTBE Investigation  
Data

by Carol Frank
Anton News (NY)
March 18,  2011

The investigation of the Exxon Mobil leak at 788 Middle Neck Road  
that has released MTBE into the aquifer is on-going as experts are  
trying to "map" the plume of contamination to determine its size,  
shape, direction of flow, and levels of concentration. The New York  
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) provided the Record  
with the results of the probes so far.

Spokesperson Bill Fonda emailed the following information: Water from  
the Poplar Court area has been analyzed and showed that at 5 feet  
below the water table, MTBE was detected at 186 parts per billion  
(ppb). At 10 feet below, nothing was detected, but at a depth of 15  
feet, the analysis discovered 17,100 ppb of MTBE.

When the information about the leak came to light, the official  
report was that MTBE was found at 10,500 ppb concentrations on the  
site of the service station. Obviously, the numbers were greater  
since 17,100 ppb have been discovered off-site.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/news/14127-department-of- 
environmental-conservation-releases-mtbe-investigation-data.html

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Lenny Siegel
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