[CPEO-BIF] Vapor Intrusion investigation at Raymark site, Hatboro, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA seeks to test Hatboro homes near Raymark Superfund site

By Caitlin Burns

Montgomery News (PA)
June 27, 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency has approached the Hatboro  
Borough Council about the ongoing contamination at the Raymark  
Superfund site located at 200 Jacksonville Road June 25.



The site, which once housed a metal fabrication shop, was discovered  
to be contaminating soil and water around it in 1979. Since then the  
contaminated ground water has been treated so it is safe for human  
consumption. However, according to EPA representatives Jose Redmond  
and Alex Mandell, there are concerns about vapor intrusion to nearby  
houses.



"We want to make sure everyone is safe in their homes," Redmond said,  
remedial project manager for the Raymark site. "There was a small  
amount of contamination. We decided to go through a vapor intrusion  
study of the houses near the wells."

Redmond said 10 houses along the 200 block of Bonair Avenue in  
Hatboro will be tested for vapor intrusion if homeowners will give  
them permission. These homeowners have already been contacted by the  
EPA Mandell said, who is the community involvement Ccordinator.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2012/06/27/ 
public_spirit_willow_grove_guide/news/doc4febbd33b5588371309222.txt


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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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