[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Hill Air Force Base (UT) air tests

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[While the Defense Department as a whole struggles to develop policy for 
addressing vapor intrusion at its facilities, Hill Air Force Base 
continues its strong program of indoor air testing. - LS]

Hill AFB buildings to be tested for chemical vapors


StandardNET
October 23, 2008

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Environmental engineers will take air samples 
from seven buildings at Hill Air Force Base next month after a recent 
study uncovered degreasing solvent vapors in nearby soil.

The vapors were found in a set of office buildings on Hill's west side. 
The buildings are former World War II era warehouses converted into 
office space and are commonly referred to as the "1200 series."

The solvent vapors come primarily from the chemicals tetrachloroethene, 
or PCE, and trichloroethene, or TCE, which were used regularly at Hill 
until the mid-1970s.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.standard.net/live/news/146682/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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