[CPEO-BIF] "Hillcrest [New York] toxic cleanup finalized"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hillcrest toxic cleanup finalized
The DEC released its strategy on Wednesday to cap and further clean a pool of TCE

by Jeff Platsky
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
March 11, 2015


A $189,000 plan has been finalized to limit the impact of toxic waste first discovered in a Hillcrest neighborhood 16 years ago.

The Department of Environment Conservation released its strategy on Wednesday to cap and further clean a pool of trichloroethylene, or TCE, and other material at the former Triple Cities Metal Finishing facility at 4 Nowlan Road in the Town of Fenton.

Under the plan submitted, the DEC expects to remove the most significant area of soil contamination and prevent further exposure with other controls, such as site stabilization and a cover system to allow continued use of the facility as a commercial site. Additionally, piping and tanks will also be removed as part of the remedy.

The environmental investigation in Hillcrest followed the discovery of a cluster of childhood cancers in the late 1990s. Scientists did not link the illnesses with pollution, although TCE levels in or under many area homes were high enough to require action based on guidelines set by the Department of Health.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2015/03/11/hillcrest-cleanup/70178232/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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