[CPEO-BIF] Nyanza vapor intrustion, Ashland, MA

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Work begins on homes near Nyanza

By David Riley/Metrowest Daily News (MA)
GateHouse News Service
June 8, 2007

Ashland - Federal officials have started installing equipment in about 
40 homes to protect residents from potentially harmful vapors caused by 
contamination from the long-closed Nyanza dye company.

Contractors began the project last week and so far have equipped 
basements in two homes with what are called vapor mitigation systems, 
said Jim DiLorenzo, a project manager for the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

Work already is under way in about five more homes, DiLorenzo said. The 
installations are expected to take all summer to complete.

"Whether it extends into September, we're not sure," Jim Murphy, a 
community involvement coordinator for the EPA, said yesterday. "For each 
home, we look at roughly four to five days of work."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x1289426018

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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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