[CPEO-BIF] ALCO Maxon site, Schenectady, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Decontamination to begin on Schenectady site
ALCO parcel was spot where locomotives were made

by Rick Karlin
Albany Times-Union (NY
November 29, 2020

SCHENECTADY -- The owners of the ALCO Maxon site Parcel C are set to begin cleaning up chemical contamination there in December, according to a notice from the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

A recent Brownfield Cleanup Program fact sheet from the agency says that Maxon ALCO Holdings LLC will, starting in December, apply a chemical oxidation treatment of chlorinated solvents in the soil of the center of the site.

That should destroy the contaminants where elevated levels of chlorinated solvents have been detected in soil and groundwater. The company, which owns the site, will also start groundwater monitoring.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.timesunion.com/news/amp/Decontamination-to-begin-on-part-of-Schenectady-s-15760319.php

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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
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