2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:54:35 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Former metal cleaning company, Plainview, New York
 
State DEC to conduct groundwater study at Plainview Superfund site

Long Island News 12 (NY)
November 16, 2017 

PLAIN VIEW - The state Department of Environmental Conservation says an additional environmental study will be done at the site of a former metal cleaning company in Plainview where an office building now stands. 

The building at 131 Sunnyside Blvd. has been listed as a hazardous Superfund site for more than a decade after a toxic compound known as trichloroethene, or TCE, was found in the soil.

Jordan Christensen, with the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, says TCE can cause serious health problems, including lymphoma, leukemia and damage to the liver and kidneys. 

…

For the entire story, see
http://longisland.news12.com/story/36861994/state-dec-to-conduct-groundwater-study-at-plainview-superfund-site

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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>
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