[CPEO-BIF] Boeing TCE sampling in Algona, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release 13-273
Washington State Department of Ecology
October 24, 2013

Surface water sampling set for Algona streets and yards

BELLEVUE - Environmental consultants start work this fall in northern  
Algona to determine whether groundwater contamination that originates  
on property owned by The Boeing Company (Boeing) in Auburn affects  
road ditches or winter-time ponds in the area.

The effort is part of a continuing investigation, directed by the  
Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and carried out and paid  
for by Boeing.

The consultants, from Boeing’s environmental contractor, Landau  
Associates, will first collect water samples from city stormwater  
ditches in the residential area.

...

Vapor intrusion: Boeing received permission to sample indoor air in  
15 homes (and one garage) in the area where the groundwater study  
detected low levels of contamination in Algona. Because the chemicals  
can release vapors, and because of the high water table, Boeing is  
assessing whether vapors may be entering homes. Ecology plans to post  
more information online about these sample results in December.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2013/273.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>
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