From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Solvents in indoor air close Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, Vermont |
Amid Air Quality Concerns, Catamount Arts Center Closes Temporarily, Cancels Indoor Programming By ABIGAIL SYLVOR GREENBERG Seven Days Vermont June 14, 2023 Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury announced on Tuesday that its building at 115 Eastern Avenue will close temporarily following the discovery of environmental pollutants in the facility. Indoor programming at the Northeast Kingdom arts hub has been canceled until further notice. Late last week, the arts center was undergoing a round of due diligence air quality testing ahead of an expansion of the Catamount Arts campus when elevated levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE) were found. In a written statement to Seven Days, Catamount Arts executive director Jody Fried said levels of these contaminants in the building “exceed the indoor air standards as determined by the state of Vermont,” thus necessitating the closure. … For the entire article, see https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/amid-air-quality-concerns-catamount-arts-center-closes-temporarily-cancels-indoor-programming/Content?oid=38450863 — 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 Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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