[CPEO-BIF] Additional Sampling Promised at Manhattan Superfund Site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
News Release
August 16, 2012

DEC Will Require Additional Sampling at Manhattan Superfund Site in  
Response to Requests from Neighbors Soil Vapor Intrusion Evaluation  
Expanded on Properties Near 2350 Fifth Avenue

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will  
require the property owner and Responsible Party (RP) at 2350 Fifth  
Avenue to conduct expanded soil vapor and indoor air sampling in and  
around a former dry cleaner in Manhattan, the agency announced today.  
Going forward DEC will also require notice of test results to all on- 
site building occupants.

DEC is requiring the sampling at the request of building occupants  
and neighboring residents. The site is located at 2340-2350 Fifth  
Avenue, and is listed on the Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste  
Sites as a Class 2 site. To complete the planned work, DEC will  
coordinate with the RP to obtain necessary access to the properties  
where sampling is proposed. DEC will hold a public meeting in the  
fall after the test results are known.

The majority of the work will be completed by the RP, with DEC taking  
some samples for confirmation purposes. DEC anticipates the work will  
be implemented during the 2012 heating season which begins in late  
October. Soil vapor intrusion samples are collected during the  
heating season when windows are closed and the building's heating  
system may be pulling stronger vacuum on the building slab, resulting  
in higher vapor intrusion rates....


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For the entire release, see
http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/84120.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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