[CPEO-BIF] "Chemical vapors found in city building, " Rochester, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemical vapors found in city building

by Steve Orr 

Rochester Demccrat and Chronicle

February. 24, 2017 

Because of persistent problems with chemical vapors, a commercial property just south of downtown Rochester has been added to New York state's list of contaminated sites in need of cleanup.

Chemical solvents accumulated in past decades under the building at 38-46 Mt. Hope Ave., which now houses a thrift store and a collection of small businesses. The state Department of Environmental Conservation, which said Friday it had placed the site on its Superfund list, said the concern was with chemical vapors infiltrating the building from below ground.

A system placed under the foundation to intercept those vapors is removing most of them, the agency said, but there still are low but worrisome levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, in the building's air. The system was installed without state oversight, and may not be functioning properly, officials said. [emphasis added]

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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/02/24/chemical-vapors-found-city-building/98352162/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 
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