[CPEO-BIF] More TCE venting needed in Endicott (NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

22 properties in Endicott remain unvented
Some owners decline safeguards against TCE vapor intrusion

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
April 17, 2006

ENDICOTT -- Approximately 22 village properties remain without 
safeguards to block vapors from a subterranean plume of toxic chemicals 
three years after the problem was first discovered, according to the 
latest information from the state Department of Health.

But officials are making some headway since last October, when the 
number of unprotected properties was close to 50.

IBM Corp. has installed systems to vent the chemicals from under 
foundations of close to 460 affected properties. The pollution, called 
vapor intrusion, is linked to trichloroethylene (TCE) seeping from IBM's 
former microelectronics plant on North Street, now owned by Huron Real 
Estate Associates.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060417/NEWS01/604170323/1001

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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