[CPEO-BIF] Emerson vapors, Ithaca, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Reports detail pollution on Emerson property
Neighborhood sewer lines also raise toxin concerns

By JENNIE DALEY
Ithaca Journal (NY)
February 18, 2006

ITHACA - High levels of toxins are present at several sites on the
Emerson property, according to new documents on file at the Tompkins
County Public Library.

Other records lay out the newest plans for testing along Turner Place,
the site of two sewer lines from the Emerson factory that are suspected
as possible sources of the contaminants.

"Gosh, who's surprised?" said Timothy Weber, a South Hill resident. "It
does make me kind of wonder why they waited so long."

Eight hot spots on site

Eight spots were identified in Emerson buildings where levels of
trichloroethylene and perchloroethene, better known as TCE and perc,
respectively, were above state limits.

The highest numbers were sub slab readings in the northeast portion of
the plant's basement. There, TCE registered at 3,800 micrograms per
cubic meter; while, about 1,000 feet away, sub-slab readings of perc
were at 1,400 micrograms per cubic meter. The state limit for
remediation of TCE in the sub slab is 100 micrograms per cubic meter.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/NEWS01/602180326/1002

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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