2014 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:56:06 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Special Metals site, New Hartford, New York
 
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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