[CPEO-BIF] Perc contamination at Whitestone Shopping Center, Queens, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senator Avella looks into soil contamination at Whitestone strip mall

By Gina Martinez
Queens Times Ledger (NY)
October 7, 2016

A strip mall in Whitestone is once again being looked into for soil contamination. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) sent a letter to the state Department of Environmental Conservation asking for any information regarding contaminated soil.

The query came after a business owner in the strip mall advised Avella that at least one agency has been at the property and engaged in a study involving the installation of some type of “gauge” in the floors of the Astoria Federal Savings Bank.

The bank is located in Whitestone Shopping Center, a 62,000-square-foot property on 153-01 10th Ave., which includes a Waldbaum’s supermarket, Subway restaurant, Sunshine Spa & Hair Salon, Cascarino’s Pizza and J.D. Optician.

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The DEC commissioner, Basil Seggos, replied to Avella’s inquiry advising him that the agency has continued its testing because of results found in previous tests. Earlier environmental investigations on the property by the DEC found traces of the dry cleaning chemical tetrachloroethylene at concentrations above regulatory levels in groundwater and soil vapor, Seggos wrote.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2016/41/whitestonecontamination_2016_10_07_q.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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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