[CPEO-BIF] June Street area TCE, west Endicott, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Study finds TCE in West Endicott
June St. area shows chemical above acceptable levels

By Eric Reinagel
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
July 26, 2007

ENDICOTT -- Groundwater testing wells in the June Street area on the 
west side of Endicott have detected trichloroethylene, a chemical 
solvent, above acceptable levels, according to a state official.

Sally W.W. Dewes, an environmental engineer with the state Department of 
Environmental Conservation, said Wednesday night that further testing 
would be conducted in the area to try to identify the source. The 
testing area is bounded generally by the Nanticoke Creek to the north 
and west, Maple Street to the south and Nanticoke Avenue to the east.

Dewes spoke during a Stakeholders Coalition meeting at First United 
Methodist Church in Endicott.

She said the DEC also will test homes at the June Street site this 
winter for vapor intrusion, in which subterranean fumes push into 
basements. Cleanup can begin once a source is identified and the 
contaminated area is clearly defined, she said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070726/NEWS01/707260338/1006

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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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