[CPEO-BIF] Cortlandville (NY) vapor intrusion)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC outlines TCE clean up
About 20 homes in Lamont Circle neighborhood will require mitigation


By COREY PRESTON
Cortland Standard (NY)
August 3, 2006

CORTLANDVILLE - Despite the presence of toxic chemicals in the air in at 
least 70 homes northwest of the former Smith Corona facility on Route 
13, state officials emphasize that the contamination is not a 
significant health concern.

"We don't expect any adverse effects from the indoor air levels that 
we've found in the area," Henri Hamel, a representative of the state 
Department of Health, said at an informational meeting held Wednesday at 
the Cortlandville Fire Hall.

The State Department of Environmental Conservation has been conducting 
testing for trichloroethene (TCE) in areas northwest of the former Smith 
Corona site since February.

The DEC began with widespread soil vapor tests and then narrowed its 
focus, testing the air inside homes in areas where soil contamination 
was most prominent.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cortlandstandard.net/story001.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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