Cleanup Underway at Former Cleaners Site Spreading Contaminant
Source: https://thepressgroup.net/, November 8, 2019
By: Michael Olohan/span>
A two-story office building built on the site of a former dry cleaner at 137 Broadway was knocked down recently as the first step in a long-term site remediation plan put into motion by the State Department of Environmental Protection.
“It’s PCE (perchlorethylene) contamination in shallow ground water underneath the site that’s slowly moving in the direction of a nearby bank,” DEP spokesperson Larry Hajna said Oct. 25. Read more.