2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] AvalonBay Communities, Rockville Centre, New York
 
Deeper than they thought

By ARIELLA MONTI 	
Rockville Centre Herald  (NY)
April 16, 2009
	
According to AvalonBay Communities, the company now responsible for cleaning up the brownfield at 80-100 Banks Ave., the former Darby Drugs site, contamination has permeated the clay layer initially thought to have kept pollutants away from the ground water.

"During the supplemental remedial investigation, ground water samples collected from three of the temporary vertical profile wells were found to have detectable concentrations of tetrachloroethene (PCE), and trichloroethene (TCE)," said Matthew Whalen, vice president of development for AvalonBay Communities. PCE is more commonly known as the dry cleaning chemical perc and TCE is a solvent used for cleaning metal machine parts.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20299581&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=479859&rfi=6

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Lenny Siegel
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