[CPEO-BIF] "Remedy selected for portion of Endicott [NewYork] contaminated by IBM"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Remedy selected for portion of Endicott contaminated by IBM

Originally printed at http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Remedy-selected-for-portion-of-area-contaminated-by-IBM--300831611.html

By Nicky Hickling
WBNG TV-12 News (Binghamton-NY) 
April 21, 2015

Endicott, NY - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a remedy has been selected for contaminated on-site and off-site grounds of the former IBM facility.

The Record of Decision (ROD) was issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, according to a news release sent Tuesday.

Numerous investigations indicated that releases of industrial solvents during manufacturing operations at the IBM plant site impacted groundwater on the site, according to the release.

Contaminated groundwater spread southward from the plant to off-site areas as a result of natural groundwater flow, the DEC said. Contaminant vapors from the groundwater then migrated into the soil overlying the plume.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Remedy-selected-for-portion-of-area-contaminated-by-IBM--300831611.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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