[CPEO-BIF] National Torch Tip, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania - vapor intrusion being investigated

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEP to tell findings of possible chemical contamination in Aspinwall


by Tawnya Panizzi
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
June 18, 2014

The state Department of Environmental Protection will reveal findings  
of possible chemical contamination in Aspinwall during a public  
hearing June 26.

A three-year investigation of soil and water at the lower end of  
Western Avenue, near the former National Torch Tip manufacturing  
plant, shows the area has been affected, DEP spokesman John Poister  
said.

The plant was razed seven years ago and was replaced by a strip mall.  
The site was remediated, but a subsequent investigation was started  
based on potential migration of chemicals from the plant, Poister said.

"We've found only two properties that have an elevated level of  
contamination," he said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourfoxchapel/yourfoxchapelmore/ 
6266721-74/contamination-hearing-poister#axzz356KhFV6F

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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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