[CPEO-BIF] "TCE vapor seeping into Owensboro Historic Residences, " Owensboro, Kentucky

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE vapor seeping into Owensboro Historic Residences

By Jacob Mulliken 
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (KY)
June 26, 2020
 

Residents of Owensboro Historic Residence have been notified that trichloroethylene (TCE) vapor is seeping through the basement floor of the residential building.

On June 16, residents were notified via letter from Kansas-based property management firm Cohen-Esrey Communities, LLC, that Owensboro-based holding company and manufacturer MPD inc., at 316 E. Ninth St. and directly across the street from the Historic Residence, had discovered the TCE according to the letter sent to residents.

“MPD recently advised us (Cohen-Esrey) that it has discovered trichloroethylene (“TCE”) in groundwater beneath its building,” according to the letter. “And that prompted the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet to require MPD to investigate and characterize the extent to which TCE and its breakdown products have impacted MPD’s property and neighboring properties, including our apartment building.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/tce-vapor-seeping-into-owensboro-historic-residences/article_c3a68dd8-72cb-5d59-8016-a68b96fec28e.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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