[CPEO-BIF] Haskell Properties vapor intrusion investigation, Wanaque, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Four Wanaque homes need test for toxic vapor

BY JAMES M. O'NEILL
The Record (NJ)
May 2, 2012


New Jersey wants the owner of a Wanaque industrial site to  
investigate how far a plume of groundwater contaminated with cancer- 
causing solvents has spread off its First Avenue property.

The state Department of Environmental Protection is worried about the  
potential for the solvents TCE and PCE to vaporize through soil into  
homes near the facility. It has told the site owner, Haskell  
Properties LLC, to take sub-slab and basement air samples at four  
homes on First Avenue.

One home tested high for the solvents, and a contractor installed a  
vapor mitigation system to suck the vapors out from beneath the house.

The DEP has asked Haskell Properties to perform more tests to  
determine how far south the contaminated groundwater has migrated.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/ 
149780715_Four_Wanaque_homes_need_test_for_toxic_vapor.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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