[CPEO-BIF] Special Metals site, New Hartford, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC: Special Metals contamination extends off site

By Amanda Fries
Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY)
January 9. 2014

Contamination from past practices at a Middle Settlement Road  
industry seems to have extended beyond its site.

Data from a remedial investigation for Special Metals in New Hartford  
indicate that site-related contamination is present in off-site soil,  
sediment and fish samples, said Lisa King, a spokeswoman for the  
state Department of Environmental Conservation, in an email Wednesday.

"While these contaminant concentrations do not represent an immediate  
health concern, they may require remedial action," she said.

The 42-acre site voluntarily entered into a Brownfield Cleanup  
Program in 2009, and initial investigations turned up on-site  
contaminants, including impacts to groundwater by volatile organic  
compounds, PCBs and metal, as well as impacts to the soil by PCBs and  
metals.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.uticaod.com/article/20140108/NEWS/140109488

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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