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Following an investigation into the hazardous contamination of the former laundry site, the State Department of Environmental Conservation will develop a cleanup plan for the superfund site at 19th Street in Watervliet.
According to a report released earlier, the primary contaminants are “those historically used in dry cleaning solvents and those associated with petroleum.”
Surface and subsurface soil at the site building contained the compounds at “levels warranting mitigation.” The department discovered groundwater to contain similarly hazardous levels of the volatile compounds which have spread to adjacent properties, according to the report.
The building, which served as the Admiral Cleaners site for nearly 70 years before closing in 2017, was demolished and three underground storage tanks and surrounding soil were removed as interim remedial measures. The investigation fact sheet can be found on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s website.