| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 4 May 2016 10:28:00 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "K2 clean up effort will address ground water pollution, " Vachon Island, Washington State |
K2 clean up effort will address ground water pollution by ANNELI FOGT Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber (WA) May 4, 2016 More than six months after a report revealed contaminants in the groundwater under the former K2 site, the company's environmental consulting service has agreed to determine the scope of the pollution. A September 2015 site characterization done by K2's environmental consulting company, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), indicated that the organic compound trichloroethane (TCE) was found in groundwater under the facility. However, Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) officials said in a November opinion letter that ERM's report did not define the scope of the TCE pollution. "... it is apparent that the vertical extent of TCE in ground water has not been defined," the opinion letter stated. … For the entire article, see http://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/378070901.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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