[CPEO-BIF] New York State "DEC Declares Hoosick Falls & Petersburgh/Berlin Landfills as Potential State Superfund Sites"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
August 29, 2016

DEC Declares Hoosick Falls & Petersburgh/Berlin Landfills as Potential State Superfund Sites
Field Investigations Underway to Determine the Nature, Source and Extent of the Contamination



The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today declared municipal landfills in the Village of Hoosick Falls and Towns of Petersburgh and Berlin to be Potential State Superfund Sites. Preliminary investigations indicate that the sites may contain perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which New York State listed as a hazardous substance on January 27, 2016, making these sites eligible for potential placement on the State Superfund Site Registry. Further investigation, in the form of a site characterization, will determine if there is evidence that hazardous waste was disposed at the landfills and whether any resulting contamination poses a significant threat to public health or the environment.

"DEC remains committed to ensuring a comprehensive clean-up of the contamination in these communities," said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. "Identifying these two landfills as P-sites is the next step in the state's ongoing response to provide residents in these affected communities the information and protection they deserve."

PFOA is believed to have been disposed at both landfills. Monitoring wells at the Hoosick Falls site were found to contain concentrations up to 21,000 parts per trillion (ppt) of PFOA, and samples from leachate on the Petersburgh/Berlin site were found to contain concentrations up to 4,200 ppt of PFOA.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/107511.html

See also http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/107545.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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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