[CPEO-BIF] "Soil vapor testing indicates no risk to residents" at Water Gremlin site, White Bear, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soil vapor testing indicates no risk to residents

By Debra Neutkens
White Bear Press (MN)
September 25, 2019 

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP - A Minneapolis-based environmental consulting and engineering firm reports that soil vapor levels of volatile organic compounds — TCE and t-DCE — on Water Gremlin's property are well below action levels established by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and state health department.

Additional monitoring of the volatile compounds will continue.

For now, “preliminary findings of the 2019 remedial investigation, including the recent vapor evaluation, indicate residential homes are not at risk from the on-site release beneath the Water Gremlin building,” wrote Aaron Benker, remediation manager, and Chris Bratsch, project manager for Wenck.

Water Gremlin issued a statement following the Sept. 13 report indicating it initiated a series of tests as soon as t-DCE was discovered below the floor to ensure that vapors do not exist beyond its facilities.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.presspubs.com/white_bear/news/soil-vapor-testing-indicates-no-risk-to-residents/article_0e77d160-df05-11e9-99da-a340f04d18a0.html

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





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