[CPEO-BIF] "IBM Endicott to get further cleanup from contaminants, New York DEC says"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

IBM Endicott to get further cleanup from contaminants, New York DEC says

by Jeff Platsky
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
February 27, 2019

More than 30 years after cleanup efforts first began at the former IBM Corp. North Street plant in Endicott, efforts to remedy a toxic spill continue with state environmental monitors proposing new efforts to lessen public exposure to the remaining hazardous chemicals.

The worst of the spill, discovered in 1979, has been largely contained to an area described as 70 acres on either side of the Norfolk & Southern railroad corridor in the Village of Endicott. The area in which the newest remediation efforts are directed is bordered by Oak Hill Avenue on the west, North Street on the south, Watson Boulevard on the north and Hayes Avenue on the east.

Under the plan proposed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, groundwater extraction efforts will continue and be enhanced; areas where contamination exceeds safe levels will be covered by a variety of materials to minimize exposure; and vapor extraction systems will continue to operate to prevent workers from being exposed to potentially hazardous gases. Indoor air quality monitoring also will continue, officials said.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2019/02/27/ibm-pollution-endicott-new-york-dec-tce-contamination/3007801002/

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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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