| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:47:15 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] TCE levels no longer require relocation, CTS Asheville site, North Carolina |
EPA: Air levels safe in homes near Superfund site by Tonya Maxwell Asheville Citizen Times (NC) December 8, 2015 ASHEVILLE - A spike in toxic outdoor air levels near the CTS Superfund site has not created problematic air quality inside two nearby homes, an Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman said Tuesday. A contractor for CTS on Monday reported that the levels of trichloroethylene, better known as TCE, found inside the homes were below the standard that would require relocation of residents, said Davina Marraccini, an EPA spokeswoman. Last year, 13 people living in three homes were evacuated for five months when testing determined toxic TCE vapors rising from natural springs infiltrated the structures at unsafe levels. … For the entire article, see http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2015/12/08/epa-air-levels-safe-homes-near-superfund-site/77001084/ -- 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 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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