[CPEO-BIF] East Side Springs PCE Plume Site, Salt Lake City, Utah

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

City, State Look for EPA Involvement in PCE Contamination

by Jeff Robinson
KCPW Radio News (UT)
July 3, 2012

Hoping to avert further contamination, Salt Lake City wants the  
federal Environmental Protection Agency to get more involved in  
investigating groundwater contaminated with the chemical PCE. The  
contamination at 700 South and 1600 East was first discovered in the  
1990s. But a new report links it to more recent contamination found  
in surface water springs. Utah Department of Environmental Quality  
Spokeswoman Donna Spangler says it's a persistent issue.

"Now that the springs are impacted, there's more exposure, and we're  
covering a very large issue," she says. "It's an issue that isn't  
going to go away unless it's addressed."

Now, the DEQ, the city and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department are  
formally supporting a proposal by the EPA to put the East Side  
Springs PCE Plume Site on its National Priorities List.


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For the entire article, see
http://kcpw.org/blog/local-news/2012-07-03/city-state-look-for-epa- 
involvement-in-pce-contamination/

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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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