2014 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 21:14:51 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Study will evaluate soil safety near Corning East High School, " Corning, New York
 
Study will evaluate soil safety near Corning East High School
Corning Inc. hires firm to test samples

by Bob Jamieson
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
July 1, 2014

A study will be conducted at Corning East High School and the nearby Houghton Plot neighborhood to see if contaminated soil is a problem there.

The environmental study in the northeast part of the city, announced Tuesday, will start next week and is expected to last all summer, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said.

The study area runs from Pyrex Street on the west, East Pulteney Street to the north, Post Creek to the east and the Chemung River to the south.

The study is being done because elevated levels of lead and other potential contaminants were found in fill excavated during expansion of Corning East High School, the DEC said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20140701/NEWS01/307010023/

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