2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:37:50 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] More mitigation systems at Crossley Farm site, Pennsylvania
 
See also http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=393228

On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

[I would be interested in hearing about other sites where EPA's September 2011 IRIS Assessment for TCE is leading to changes on the ground. - LS]

EPA reassesses site contaminant
More homes near Crossley Farm affected

By C. Ryan Barber
Reading Eagle (PA)
June 14, 2012


Federal officials are proposing to install special ventilation systems in 11 more homes near the Crossley Farm Superfund Site after a reassessment of the toxicity of a carcinogen contaminating the area's groundwater.

Last fall, the federal Environmental Protection Agency concluded that the contaminant, trichloroethylene, is 10 times more toxic than officials originally believed. That led to a radical change in EPA's standard for safe air levels: It was lowered to 2 micrograms per cubic meter from 20.

Only two homes in the vicinity of the Hereford Township site exceeded the old threshold. With the new standard, the number requiring remediation rose to 13, according to EPA officials, who will hold a public meeting on the new development today.

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For the entire article, see
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=392781

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