[CPEO-BIF] Vapor Intrusion study for Algona/Auburn (Washington) Boeing TCE plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Indoor air quality assessments set for Algona

Auburn Reporter (WA)
May 31, 2013

Owners of selected homes in northern Algona received letters this  
week inviting them to participate in an upcoming study to investigate  
whether groundwater pollution is releasing vapors that may rise  
through the soil and enter homes.

The work is part of an ongoing investigation into an area of  
groundwater contamination that originates on property owned by The  
Boeing Co. in Auburn.

The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) directs the  
investigation, which is conducted and paid for by Boeing.  
Investigators seek to determine the location, size and impacts of  
this underground contamination, which includes solvent chemicals,  
primarily trichloroethene (TCE) and vinyl chloride (VC), from past  
releases.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/209678601.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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