[CPEO-BIF] Lawyers respond to Billings, MT PCE vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel]

Press Release
Business Wire
September 26, 2006


Weitz & Luxenberg Responds to PCE Contamination in Billings, MT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to news that the Environmental 
Protection Agency is investigating possible vapor intrusion into homes 
in Billings, Montana, nationally-recognized mass torts and personal 
injury law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., reaffirms its ongoing 
dedication to hold polluters responsible for the hazards they wreak on 
our communities. A forerunner in the legal fight against environmental 
polluters, the firm has worked with clients harmed by Methyl Tertiary 
Butyl Ether (MTBE), asbestos, chromium, fluoride, lead and PCE, among 
other toxins. We represent over 50 water providers whose wells have been 
contaminated with MTBE and several communities around the country for 
the personal injuries and property damage they have suffered as a result 
of pollution.

Tests earlier this summer revealed that vapors from the underground 
pollution in Lockwood, a neighborhood southwest of downtown, were 
seeping up through the soil to the foundation of several homes, the 
Billings Gazette reported. The EPA has returned to the area - known as 
Billings PCE Site - to determine the extent of the size of the plume and 
how many other homes may soon be a target.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org