[CPEO-BIF] "Sunnyvale [California]: EPA shares findings on vapor intrusion"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sunnyvale: EPA shares findings on vapor intrusion

By Kristi Myllenbeck
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
May 20, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has shared its findings on vapor intrusion at three Sunnyvale sites.

The EPA held a public meeting on May 14 at San Miguel Elementary School to educate nearby residents on vapor intrusion in an area referred to as the "triple site," which includes Advanced Micro Devices and 901-902 Thompson Place superfund site, the TRW Microwave superfund site and the Philips Semiconductors site, formerly Signetics Inc.

Out of the four schools and 54 homes sampled, three homes and one school showed evidence of TCE vapor intrusion, mostly in crawl spaces beneath the buildings. The 54 homes sampled are only one-eighth of the total homes located above the contaminated groundwater.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_28158024/sunnyvale-epa-shares-findings-vapor-intrusion

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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