[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca Gun site cleanup, Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater test complicates Ithaca Gun cleanup
Tests suggest TCE moving below ground

by David Hill
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
June 13, 2013

ITHACA - Bolstered by a recent $200,000 federal grant, the city is  
close to seeking bids for the next cleanup of its part of the former  
Ithaca Gun site, but new concerns about migrating groundwater  
contamination will likely complicate the rehabilitation of the property.

The city will need approval of the state Department of Environmental  
Conservation on specific plans, but the bids from cleanup contractors  
may be sought and a contract awarded in July, according to Nels Bohn,  
community development director of the city’s Ithaca Urban Renewal  
Agency.

The immediate cleanup addresses lead in the soil of a narrow L-shaped  
strip between the Gun Hill Residences parking lot and the land on  
which the former gun factory itself stood.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20130613/NEWS01/306130052/ 
Groundwater-test-complicates-Ithaca-Gun-cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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