[CPEO-BIF] "In-home vapor testing near Arvin [Indiana] site finished"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

In-home vapor testing near Arvin site finished

By Kirk Johannesen
Columbus Republic (IN)
June 14, 2011

A state agency has said no further testing is required for chemical  
vapors inside homes near the former 17th Street Arvin plant, which is  
being treated for contaminated soil and groundwater.

Meritor's remediation efforts have significantly reduced  
contamination levels, and the company fixed newly dis-covered  
problems that contributed to perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene,  
known as PCE and TCE, contaminat-ing the plant site.

In November, Meritor, formerly known as ArvinMeritor, sent letters to  
163 nearby homeowners explaining that soil vapor tests in September  
indicated that PCE and TCE were detected outside the property of the  
former metal stamping plant.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/ 
In_home_vapor_testing_in_home__1308022824/

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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>
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