From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:36:01 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] High TCE levels delay Mountain View, California housing project |
TCE discovery halts Fairchild Drive housing project by Mark Noack Mountain View Voice (CA) August 18, 2017 An approved project to build a 26 row-houses at 277 Fairchild Drive is being delayed by officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after they discovered the site's soil exceeded safety levels for trichloroethylene (TCE). Representatives for the developer, Warmington Fairchild Associates LLC, say they will clean up the soil contamination over the coming months before proceeding with construction. Dozens of samples taken last year at the property showed TCE levels that exceeded the EPA's safety levels. The agency defines unsafe TCE levels as exceeding 20,000 micrograms per cubic meter. Samples from the site had levels as high as 410,000 micrograms per cubic meter. … For the entire article, see https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2017/08/18/tce-discovery-halts-fairchild-drive-housing-project -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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