[CPEO-BIF] "EPA proposes deeper cleanup of Evesham [Pennsylvania] site"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA proposes deeper cleanup of Evesham site

Jonathan Lai
Philadelphia Inquirer
July 15, 2013

The groundwater-treatment plant has been chugging away for 13 years,  
but testing at the former chemical-drum cleaning site in Evesham  
continues to show elevated levels of a contaminant linked with  
diabetes, liver conditions, and increased risk of cancer.

Studies in recent years have shown that the plant is doing its job at  
the Superfund cleanup site at 150 Sharp Rd., officials at the  
Environmental Protection Agency said, but a hidden source of  
contamination continues to spread the compound, trichloroethylene (TCE).

The EPA now is proposing a plan to remove that source by excavating  
67,500 cubic yards of soil, which officials said would allow the  
treatment plant to properly purify the groundwater. Within a few  
years, the site should be clean enough for redevelopment, they said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/ 
20130715_EPA_proposes_deeper_cleanup_of_Evesham_site.html

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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
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