[CPEO-BIF] Goodman Community Center and Madison-Kipp contamination, Madison, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel]

EPA adviser calls for toxic vapor testing at community center near Madison-Kipp

by STEVEN VERBURG
Wisconsin State Journal
September 23, 2017

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency technical adviser says more testing is needed to ensure that air in the Goodman Community Center on Madison’s East Side isn’t being contaminated by hazardous vapors from an underground chemical plume that has been traced to the adjacent Madison-Kipp plant.

While there is no evidence of the vapors in Goodman, the level of testing currently required by state regulators isn’t enough, said Lenny Siegel, a vapor intrusion expert paid by EPA to provide technical advice to communities.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokesman Jim Dick said ground water monitoring near the Goodman center hasn’t indicated a need for vapor testing in the community center.

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http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/epa-adviser-calls-for-toxic-vapor-testing-at-community-center/article_674c2fa0-9c03-51c6-975c-424457568d1b.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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