[CPEO-BIF] More sampling at Lehigh Valley Railroad site, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA plans tests in Caledonia
Officials reverse course on toxic plume

Steve Orr
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
April 12, 2012

Reversing course, federal officials said Thursday that they would  
order tests to ensure a plume of toxic solvents isn't impacting a  
part of the village of Caledonia in Livingston County that includes a  
school campus.

Officials said several weeks ago that the tests weren't necessary,  
but changed their opinion following a Democrat and Chronicle story  
that prompted calls from public officials.

The underground plume of trichloroethene, or TCE, originates four  
miles east of the village in a rural part of Le Roy, Genesee County.  
As much as 35,000 gallons of TCE were released there during a 1970  
train derailment and have percolated through groundwater and rock  
ever since.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/304120056

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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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