[CPEO-BIF] Hopewell Borough (NJ) vapor intrusion meeting

[Lenny Siegel]

Efforts to combat contamination aired in Hopewell

Focus of Sept. 21 session was on the Rockwell/Kooltronic plant, 57 
Hamilton Ave., Hopewell Borough

By Aleen Crispino
Hopewell Valley News (NJ)
September 21, 2006

Emotions ran high Sept. 21 as Hopewell area residents expressed concern 
about their health and property values at an information meeting held to 
discuss cleanup efforts on Somerset and Lafayette streets in the area 
surrounding the former Rockwell/Kooltronic plant at 57 Hamilton Ave. in 
Hopewell Borough.

A soil decontamination project was completed in 2000 at the former 
manufacturing facility, currently in use as an office building, The 
Hopewell Center, followed by soil cleanup in 2002 on a 1.16 acre "vacant 
parcel" owned by Rockwell Automation at the east end of Somerset Street 
in Hopewell Township, and "limited soil cleanup" at the Valley Oil 
property on 54 Somerset St., adjacent to the vacant lot.

...

The Vapor Intrusion Standard for TCE allowed by NJDEP is three 
micrograms per cubic meter, said Ms. Brady. "Some readings have been 
eight, 10, or in the 40s and 50s," in area homes with shallow 
groundwater, she said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17253904&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425744&rfi=6
-- 
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
http://www.cpeo.org