[CPEO-BIF] Ohio DOT TCE plume "stable," Newark, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

ODOT says chemical plume location, concentrations stable

by Bethany Bruner
Newark Advocate (OH)
June 28, 2013

NEWARK - New test results show there has been no significant movement  
or change from a plume of chemicals near the site of a former Ohio  
Department of Transportation Plant, Deputy Director Joe Rutherford  
said Friday.

The trichlorethylene (TCE) plume has been a problem for ODOT for  
several years, and quarterly indoor air and sub-slab testing of  
buildings began in September. The most recent round of testing,  
conducted in April, show no significant change in the concentrations  
of the TCE from testing conducted in January. The testing also shows  
the plume has stabilized in terms of its location, Rutherford said.

"With the most recent round of testing and where the concentrations  
are, we now concur that the plume is stable," Rutherford said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20130628/NEWS01/306280033/ODOT- 
says-chemical-plume-location-concentrations-stable

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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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