2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:28:38 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Motors Liquidation Co. indoor air sampling, Moraine, Ohio
 
U.S. EPA Region 5
News Releases No. 11-OPA013
February 10, 2011

EPA to sample air in homes near MLC Moraine, Ohio, ....


(CHICAGO) In March, Motors Liquidation Co., under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency supervision, will begin collecting indoor air samples from about 60 homes and buildings in Moraine, Ohio's, Riverview Plat neighborhood. The neighborhood is southwest of the former GM manufacturing complex, now known as MLC Moraine....

The air samples are being collected to determine whether hazardous vapors are seeping into homes and buildings. Historical chemical releases from the facility have contaminated underground water supplies 2,000 feet to the southwest, toward the Great Miami River. These releases involve a class of chemicals called volatile organic compounds. When VOCs are spilled on the ground, they can soak into ground water. Vapors from the ground water can then rise through the soil and seep through cracks in basements and building foundations.

Soil sampling along city streets last fall revealed some hot spots with high levels of VOCs. While there is no evidence of actual vapor intrusion problems in area homes, the indoor air sampling effort aims to confirm residents are safe. The municipal drinking water system has been and remains safe from VOC contamination.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a5792a626c8dac098525735900400c2d/bb36480c4ec9ba4a85257833007a0d00!OpenDocument

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