[CPEO-BIF] Groundwater and vapor investigation in York, Nebraska

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA continues contamination investigation
Researchers will do testing downtown in November

by Melanie Wilkinson
York News-Times (NE)
October 10, 2014

YORK - While the clean-up of the large groundwater contamination  
plumes in York are the main objective for the U.S. Environmental  
Protection Agency (EPA), so is finding the source areas.

While these two contamination plumes began decades ago, finding the  
location of the sources is imperative to cleaning up the plumes once  
and for all – and to make sure there are no adverse effects.

...

"We will conduct water and soil samples in the downtown area in  
November," Fischer said, "using a small drill rig. We will also do  
indoor air samples. Where the source area is, the PCE is heavier than  
water, so it goes through the soil to the water. PCE is a solvent  
like gas – and it could get into basements. We will do sub-slab  
samples, air samples. We will look for vapor intrusion."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.yorknewstimes.com/news/epa-continues-contamination- 
investigation/article_2ab00794-503a-11e4-a7b8-17ed5abc08b6.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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