[CPEO-BIF] New York bill to require faster VI results reporting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[New York State has perhaps the nation's most aggressive, systematic 
program for investigating vapor intrusion. It's ironic - and appropriate 
- that the more they do, the more they find, and they find, the more 
residents (and their elected officials) want them to to. - LS]


Assembly passes TCE testing bill

By JENNIE DALEY
Ithaca Journal (NY)
May 12, 2006

ITHACA - The state Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that will 
shorten the lag time for homeowners between when their homes are tested 
for trichloroethylene, or TCE, and when they receive the test results.
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-125th, sponsored the bill.

Under the law, the state Department of Environmental Conservation would 
have a one- month limit between the time it secures a valid test and 
when homeowners need to be notified of the test's findings. Lifton said 
some Ithaca homeowners were waiting two months or longer for their results.

“For a while we were sympathetic to the DEC, but I just think it's 
unacceptable for people to be sitting around feeling anxious, wondering 
about their kids, if they're sitting in a pool of pollution, so I 
decided to draft a bill,” Lifton said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.ithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060512/NEWS01/605120356&SearchID=73244451226946
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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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