Tuesday, October 9, 2007

DEC to Test More Homes in Hillcrest, NY for TCE

October 1, 2007 - The stakes of an ongoing cleanup in this small suburb are growing as state environmental officials finish installing systems to vent hazardous fumes from under more than 100 polluted properties while planning to test more homes this winter.

Contractors, working through the summer, have installed systems on all but three properties that have tested positive for trichloroethylene (TCE) pollution, Diane Carlton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said.

Work on the final three, and testing on a yet-to-be-determined number of additional buildings, will continue through the fall and winter. To date, the cost of the Superfund project has exceeded $600,000 and is growing daily.

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