[CPEO-BIF] "Hilltown [Pennsylvania] couple loses appeal over DEP's solution for TCE in wells"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hilltown couple loses appeal over DEP's solution for TCE in wells

By Theresa Hegel
Intelligencer Reported (PA)
February 15, 2013 

A Hilltown couple who were upset over how the state handled groundwater contamination in their neighborhood recently lost an appeal to the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board.

Michael and Debbie Barron's Route 313 home was one of 35 in Hilltown and Bedminster that the state Department of Environmental Protection had targeted as having elevated levels of trichloroethylene, a degreaser known as TCE.

More than a decade ago, the state began monitoring what they call the Morris Run TCE site, which encompasses homes along Blue School Road, Minsi Trail and Route 313.

The contamination was originally discovered by the Bucks County Health Department in 1986, when well samples showed about 120 parts per billion of TCE. The department continued to monitor the site for years before referring the investigation to the state.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/pennridge/hilltown-couple-loses-appeal-over-dep-s-solution-for-tce/article_bd00ccb5-3bfd-5e08-95f1-2ef844e17a60.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
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