[CPEO-BIF] Endicott area-wide study (NY)

[Lenny Siegel]

TCE search widens in Endicott
Village's west side, West Corners targeted

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
September 20, 2006

Without knowing exactly where to look, environmental workers are 
scheduled to begin the latest phase of a sweeping search for 
subterranean trichloroethylene pollution in the Town of Union next week.

The plan calls for using drill rigs to collect soil gas and ground water 
samples in an area generally bordered by the Susquehanna River to the 
south, Boswell Hill Road to the west and north, and Nanticoke Drive to 
the east. Much of the work, scheduled to begin Monday, will be done on 
sidewalks and public rights of way in West Corners and West Endicott, 
according to a letter from Department of Environmental Conservation 
engineer Sally Dewes.

The search -- called the "Endicott area-wide study" -- began in 2003 
after the chemical was found entering properties through a process 
called vapor intrusion south of the former IBM Corp. plant on North 
Street. It has since been extended to include any and all sources of the 
pollution in an area encompassing about 6 square miles.

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http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060920/NEWS01/609200323/1006

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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