| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:24:05 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "EPA to spend $24.7 in removing contaminants near Woodmere Middle School , " Hewlett, New York |
Hewlett phase two cleanup getting started EPA to spend $24.7 in removing contaminants near Woodmere Middle School Long Island Herald October 5, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Sept. 29, that they would soon begin a $24.7 million phase two clean up of the contaminated groundwater plume located under Peninsula Boulevard near Woodmere Middle School in Hewlett. Due to improper dry cleaning equipment, carcinogenic chemicals known as tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) leached into the groundwater at two main areas. One stretches from Cedarwood Dry Cleaners across West Broadway into the lot across from Hewlett Parkway, the other includes Piermont Dry Cleaners and other parts of the shopping center on Broadway. … For the entire article, see http://liherald.com/fivetowns/stories/hewlett-phase-two-cleanup-getting-started,96303 -- 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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