[CPEO-BIF] Meeker Avenue vapor intrusion Superfund Site, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA PREPARES TO COLLECT RESIDENTIAL SAMPLES FROM MEEKER AVE SUPERFUND SITE

by Erin Conlon
Greenpointers (NY)
December 13, 2022

Since March of this year, the Meeker Avenue Plume has been designated as a Superfund priority by the Environmental Protection Agency, a motion that was proposed back in 2021. Now, the agency is encouraging community involvement as they begin the process of collecting residential samples to assess the level of contamination and subsequent health impacts on those living and working within the site and surrounding area.

According to the EPA, contaminants of concern include chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) like tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE), and vinyl chloride. These contaminants are most likely to impact basements or ground levels and sampling has been reiterated as the most effective method for assessing and mitigating contaminant levels through further steps like additional monitoring, sealing cracks, or installing equipment preventing vapors from entering living spaces.

While the act of outreach — on properties chosen based on data provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — for consent to access to basements and first floors to test indoor air and soil levels started as recently as October, discussions about community involvement began with the prioritization of the site.

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For the entire article, see
https://greenpointers.com/2022/12/13/epa-prepares-to-collect-residential-samples-from-meeker-ave-superfund-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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