[CPEO-BIF] Petoskey Manufacturing Company site vapor intrusion investigation, Petoskey, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Poison vapor in Petoskey condos was 35x above EPA safety level

By Garret Ellison 
MLive (MI)
May 14, 2017 

PETOSKEY, MI -- Northern Michigan's industrial past is returning to haunt the Petoskey waterfront, where environmental and public health officials are going door-to-door to test for poison vapors inside residences built on a Superfund site.

The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating vapor intrusion around the former Petoskey Manufacturing Company site at 200 W. Lake Street, which was redeveloped into a condominium complex next to Bayfront Park.

Trichloroethylene, (TCE), a cancer-causing industrial solvent still present in high concentration in the groundwater and soil under the site, was found at levels high enough in the indoor at the Water Street Condominiums in March and April for health officials to suggest that some residents temporarily relocate.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/petoskey_vapor_intrusion_epa.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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