[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Kelly Air Force Base (TX) vapors

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Year in Review: Toxic Triangle testing drags on
EPA gets: an hourglass



By Greg M. Schwartz
San Antonio Current (TX)
December 24, 2008

The EPA took air samples back in May in the Toxic Triangle surrounding 
former Kelly Air Force Base, where local residents fear contaminated 
groundwater is responsible for a rash of cancer cases and other 
diseases. Results from these tests were revealed in August, but local 
station WOAI reported just last month that EPA is still running those 
tests. So what's the deal?

Gary Miller, a senior permitting specialist for EPA Region 6, says the 
agency presented the results to homeowners in August and that none of 
the vapor intrusion test data for tetrachloroethene (PCE) was "above 
screening levels of concern." Gas from soil was tested at 20 homes, 
while five homes received indoor air testing, but thanks to public 
pressure, EPA has agreed to come back for further sampling in February 
in the North Kelly Gardens area. Miller says EPA will also look at two 
other neighborhoods - one off Quintana Road, between the main base and 
East Kelly, and another off Commercial Street.

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For the entire article, see
http://sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=69694

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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