[CPEO-BIF] Facet Enterprises site vapor intrusion, Elmira Heights, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA finalizes plans for cleanup efforts at Facet Enterprises Superfund site in Elmira Heights


By Caitlin Murphy
WENY News (NY)
September 29, 2021

ELMIRA HEIGHTS, N.Y. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized plans to address “vapor intrusion” at some homes and businesses in Elmira Heights as part of the cleanup process of the Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund site.

The final plan calls for further installation of vapor mitigation systems to “vent hazardous vapors that rise through the soil which can potentially affect indoor air quality and harm human health”.

“EPA’s decision will protect residents and workers from dangerous vapors that can potentially enter buildings through places such as cracks in the foundation and openings for utility lines,” said Acting Regional Administrator Walter Mugdan. “It is important to note that the systems to vent these vapors will be installed at no cost to the owners. Meanwhile, because the contamination at the site remains, EPA will continue to monitor the effectiveness of the systems and remain in close contact with property owners.”

The 31-acre Superfund site is off Corning Road in Elmira Heights. Facet Enterprises, now called Purolator Facet, Inc., made items such as bicycle parts, care engine components and small military arms. The factory is currently operated by Motor Components, LLC, which makes electric fuel pumps.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.weny.com/story/44853875/epa-finalizes-plans-for-cleanup-efforts-at-facet-enterprises-superfund-site-in-elmira-heights

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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