[CPEO-BIF] IBM Burn Pit cleanup, Endwell, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC finalizes plan for IBM chemical cleanup


by Anthony Borrelli
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
January 11, 2013

ENDWELL - The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s final  
plan to clear contaminants from a former IBM chemical burn pit on  
Robinson Hill Road has been approved - but it could take time to see  
results.

The state’s plan, released in December, involves sending a substance  
to eat away industrial contaminants into the groundwater at the 57- 
acre site. The property was home to a small electronics testing  
laboratory and used by IBM Corp. to dispose of waste chemicals.

A nearly 600-foot plume extending near a residential zone holds  
various contaminants - chlorinated solvents and trichloroethylene  
(TCE) - resting about 50 feet underneath the top of Robinson Hill  
Road, according to the DEC.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301110051

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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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