[CPEO-BIF] EPA proposes Carlisle Village Cleaners, Albuquerque, New Mexico for National Priorities List

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA Region 6
September 13, 2024

EPA Proposes a New Mexico Site to the Superfund National Priorities List 


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the site Carlisle Village Cleaners Superfund Site to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a list of known sites throughout the United States and its territories where historic releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants pose significant threats to human health and the environment. 

“Through this important work, EPA is helping protect vulnerable communities from uncontrolled hazardous waste releases,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “We are also contributing to the affected communities’ economic and overall wellbeing by restoring land currently blighted by contamination.” 

The former Carlisle Village Cleaners, located at 3611 Simms Avenue SE in Albuquerque, operated from 1962 through 1974 in a strip mall along with three other businesses. The dry-cleaning process used chemicals like tetrachloroethene (PCE) and its byproduct, trichloroethene (TCE). TCE and PCE exposure can lead to bladder cancer, heart defects, skin rash and can damage facial nerves. Currently, the former dry cleaner facility is used for storage by a local business operating nearby, but it is not occupied full-time. 



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For the entire release, see
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-new-mexico-site-superfund-national-priorities-list

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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
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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