[CPEO-BIF] Endicott, New York IBM plume update

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Endicott group reviews cleanup of IBM spill

by Anthony Borrelli
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
September 27, 2012

ENDICOTT - Contaminants that spilled underneath former IBM facility  
in Endicott have remained for decades, but the spill has lost some  
territory in recent years.

Alex Czuhanich, the engineering geologist in the Division of  
Environmental Remediation for the state Department of Environmental  
Conservation, outlined the modestly shrunken size of the toxic plume  
during a meeting Thursday with several Endicott residents.

"We've only shrunk the plume about 25 percent, but we've really  
knocked out much of the core contaminant," Czuhanich said. "We're  
getting more areas that meet the groundwater standards."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120927/NEWS01/309270108/ 
Endicott-group-reviews-cleanup-IBM-spill

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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