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Click here
for "Guidance for
Evaluating Soil Vapor Intrusion in the
State of New York"
 Soil
Gas Vapor Intrusion is a process which
chemicals in the soil or groundwater are
released into indoor air. Chemicals may
be spilled on the ground at a factory or
leak from an underground storage tank
and seep into soil and groundwater. VOCs
(volatile organic compounds) easily
travel through soil as vapors. The
vapors migrate through soil and enter
structures contaminating the air.
 New
York State was forced to become a leader
in Soil Vapor Intrusion. Endicott NY,
located in the Southern Tier of NYS, has
provided one of the largest studies in
the US on Soil Vapor Intrusion. The
results from the Endicott site and study
have provided thousands of Sub-slab,
Indoor and Ambient air samples that have
helped NYS to understand that Soil Vapor
Intrusion is not as predictable as once
thought. Assisting NYS DEC and NYS DOH
in understanding what was achievable
from an analytical standpoint, Centek
worked on sampling, detection limits,
tracer gases and public relations.
Centek has based its analytical
procedures and detection limits to
coincide
 with
NYS DOH Guidelines and matrices. The New
York State Department of Health's
Guidance for Evaluating Soil Vapor
Intrusion in the State of New York is a
very conservative Guidance in both its
detection limits and action levels. The
guidance has been an evolving document
for New York that Centek has helped to
achieve public health protection,
practicality and the highest level of
analytical integrity.
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