Vapor Intrusion & Brownfield Sites
An Emerging Issue in New York State updated 5/2/05
| The Department made available for public comment a proposed program policy (8 page PDF, 75 kb) that outlines the Department’s strategy for evaluating the potential for vapor intrusion at sites where remedial decisions have already been made, sites that are currently being investigated and sites which will be reviewed by the Department in the future. The proposed policy states that vapor intrusion will be evaluated at every site that is currently being reviewed by NYSDEC as well as sites that will be reviewed in the future. For sites where remedial decisions have already been made, the strategy details a stepwise approach which prioritizes sites based on the greatest potential for vapor intrusion and will result in evaluation of the sites with the greatest potential first. The comment deadline was December 24, 2004. A final version of the policy and a responsiveness summary are expected to be issued by late January or early February 2005. updated 1/20/05 | |
| Ken Kamlet's comments to DEC on the proposed program policy. | |
| Bureau of National Affairs news article on the proposed program policy. added 1/7/05 | |
| Bureau of National Affairs article: K.S. Kamlet & J. Hiney, Evaluating the Potential for Vapor Intrusion Impacts to Indoor Air: New York State DEC Issues New Draft Policy, Envir. Due Diligence Guide (BNA), No. 155, § 231, pp. 1555-1564 (Jan. 2005). Copyright (c) 2005 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Note: This article will also appear in BNA's Daily Environment Report and Environment Reporter. added 1/20/05 | |
| Brownfield News Article | |
| Ken Kamlet's written statement for the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation's field hearing on Vapor Intrusion, Endicott, NY, November 15, 2004 (Endicott hearing) | |
Report on Vapor Intrusion
of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation, March 2, 2005.
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| Appendix F to Committee Report, Comparison of TCE Guidelines | |
| Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli Press Release on Vapor Intrusion Report, March 15, 2005. | |
| Ken Kamlet's prepared testimony for the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation's field hearing on Vapor Intrusion, Ithaca, NY, April 21, 2005 | |
| Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin news article of Dec. 14, 2004 | |
| Ken Kamlet Freedom of Information Law request to DOH, Nov. 2, 2004 | |
| Statement of Rep. Maurice Hinchey at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Matthew Hale, Director, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Carl Johnson, Deputy Commissioner for Air and Waste Management, NYS DEC, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Dr. Nancy Kim, NYS Department of Health, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Dr. Joseph Graney, Dept. of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Lenny Siegel, Exec. Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight, Mountain View, CA, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Theodore J. Henry, Henry & Associates, LLC, Baltimore, MD, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Dr. David M. Ozonoff, Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, at Endicott hearing | |
| Statement of Dr. Daniel Wartenberg, Professor and Director, Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, at Endicott hearing | |
| NYSDOH letter of Oct. 31, 2003, to NYSDEC on derivation of DOH indoor air guidance for TCE | |
| NYSDOH Soil Vapor/Indoor Air Matrices for TCE and PCE (Working Drafts) | |
| NYSDOH Inhalation and Oral Cancer Toxicity Values for TCE | |
| NYSDOH Soil Vapor Intrusion, Frequently Asked Questions (rev. 5/04) | |
| NYSDOH Fact Sheet on Trichloroethene (TCE) in Indoor and Outdoor Air (5/04) | |
| NYSDOH Fact Sheet on Tetrachloroethene (PERC) in Indoor and Outdoor Air (5/03) | |
| NYSDOH Guidance for Evaluating Soil Vapor Intrusion in the State of New York (Working Draft), Oct. 2004 | |
| EPA Letter on Status of TCE Health Risk Assessment (Dec. 23, 2004) | |
| Proceedings of EPA Symposium on TCE; go to http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=75934 |