[CPEO-BIF] TCE cleanup at former American National Can facility, Washington Township, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plan unveiled for source of contaminant in 9,800-acre Warren County Superfund site

By Kurt Bresswein
Lehigh Valley Express-Times (PA) 
June 16, 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday unveiled a proposal to reduce contamination at a primary source of a 9,800-acre plume of groundwater contamination in Warren County.

The new deep-soil vapor extraction system proposed at the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site aims to reduce levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) in the area of the former American National Can facility in Washington Township, the primary source of this contaminant on the site.

Groundwater and soil in the Superfund site comprising parts of Washington and Franklin, Greenwich and Washington townships are contaminated with both TCE and perchloroethylene (PCE), both of which can have serious health impacts including liver damage and increased risk of cancer, according to the EPA.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf/2016/06/plan_unveiled_for_source_of_co.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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