[CPEO-BIF] Progress in cleaning Endicott, New York IBM plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC: 10 years in, progress in cleaning Endicott plume

By Julianne Peixoto
WBNG TV-12 News (Binghamton, NY)
August 13, 2014

Endicott, NY (WBNG Binghamton) It's been 10 years since IBM was  
issued a consent order to clean up a chemical plume in Endicott.  
State representatives said progress has been made.

"A very large portion of the offsite plume now meets groundwater  
standards, has basically disappeared," said New York State Department  
of Environmental Conservation representative Alex Czuhanich. "Today  
is a positive day, and we've got a lot of work to do especially on  
site, but we're making really good progress with the peripheral areas  
and offsite areas ."

Czuhanich said that 97 percent of the existing contamination resides  
in the on-site area, and that will be the next hurdle to tackle.

"They've really done a lot of protective measures to protect the  
residents," said James Little of the Western Broome Environmental  
Stakeholders Coalition. "There's over 500 homes contaminated with the  
vapor intrusion, and they've put systems on all the buildings and  
done all the various type of clean up so, great job, we're happy."

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For the entire story, see
http://www.wbng.com/news/video/Endicott-Chemical--271173321.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
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