2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:21:28 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Great Neck, New York MTBE spill
 
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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