IBM Superfund Site Cleanup Approved

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Environmental Leader

IBM will perform a cleanup and reimburse EPA for past costs at the Shenandoah Road Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, NY, under a legal agreement approved yesterday.

The site was previously used as an industrial cleaning operation involving IBM equipment. Chemicals used at the site were disposed of in a septic tank and pit on the property. Tests showed that 60 residential drinking water wells in the area exceeded acceptable levels for tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene, which are volatile organic chemicals used in industrial solvents. Exposure to these chemicals can have serious health impacts, including an increased risk of cancer, the EPA says.

The Shenandoah site was placed on the EPA’s Superfund list of the nation’s most hazardous waste sites in 2001.

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/07/09/ibm-superfund-site-cleanup-approved/