2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:08:23 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Vapors in future (?) state building, Bennington, Vermont
 
210 South St. test results expected soon

NEAL P. GOSWAMI
Bennington Banner (VT)
February 13, 2009

BENNINGTON - Environmental test results at 210 South Street, a building being considered to house state offices, could be available in about one month, according to the property owner.

William Colvin, vice president of Applejack Real Estate, which owns the downtown building, said Thursday that plans for a system to mitigate contamination at the building will likely be submitted to the state Agency of Natural Resources today.

An environmental assessment of 210 South St., which once served as an automotive garage and housed manufacturing operations, was carried out by the state and indicated contamination from trichloroethylene, or TCE.

The chemical is a solvent once used in many manufacturing processes. TCE was found in groundwater in the area at low levels in the 1990s, and air testing inside the building by a private firm hired by Applejack confirmed the presence of TCE, according to George Desch, manager of the Hazardous Sites Program for the Department of Environmental Conservation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_11695848

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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