41 Years Later and No Cleanup of LeRoy TCE Spill Site

[Emily]

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/163641/13/41-Years-Later-and-No-Cleanup-of-LeRoy-Spill-Site

41 Years Later and No Cleanup of LeRoy Spill Site
5:50 PM, Apr 2, 2012

""I'd worked with the stuff. The minute I smelled it I knew what it was," said Thomas Yauchzee, whose family has lived near the derailment site for 44 years. "When the (bathtub) appliques started dissolving I knew something was really bad in there.""

 

[Emily]

Re: 41 Years Later and No Cleanup of LeRoy TCE Spill Site

EPA plans tests in Caledonia

1:09 AM, Apr. 13, 2012 |

Written by
STEVE ORR
Staff writer

Reversing course, federal officials said Thursday that they would order tests to ensure a plume of toxic solvents isn?t impacting a part of the village of Caledonia in Livingston County that includes a school campus.

Officials said several weeks ago that the tests weren?t necessary, but changed their opinion following a Democrat and Chronicle story that prompted calls from public officials.

The underground plume of trichloroethene, or TCE, originates four miles east of the village in a rural part of Le Roy, Genesee County. As much as 35,000 gallons of TCE was released there during a 1970 train derailment and has percolated through groundwater and rock ever since....