Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (William F. Bieber Revocable Trust)

Property owners notified: 10. Date notified: Feb. 23, 2005 (first notice)

Contaminants:

Tetrachloroethene (PCE). Also known as tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene and PCE. A manufactured chemical widely used for dry cleaning of fabrics and for metal-degreasing. It is also used to make other chemicals and is used in some consumer products.

Possible dangers: reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen

Trichloroethene (TCE). Also known as Trichloroethylene. A nonflammable, colorless liquid with a somewhat sweet odor and a sweet, burning taste. It is used mainly as a solvent to remove grease from metal parts, but it is also an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers, typewriter correction fluids, and spot removers.

Not thought to occur naturally in the environment. However, it has been found in underground water sources and many surface waters as a result of the manufacture, use, and disposal of the chemical.

Possible dangers: Potential carcinogen.

Aluminum. 

Manganese. A naturally occurring substance found in many types of rocks and soil. Pure manganese is a silver-colored metal; however, it does not occur in the environment as a pure metal. Rather, it occurs combined with other substances such as oxygen, sulfur, and chlorine. Manganese is a trace element and is necessary for good health. Occurs naturally in most foods. Used in steel production to improve hardness, stiffness, and strength.

Possible dangers: Not known whether high levels cause cancer.

Iron. One of the Earth's most plentiful resources. It dissolves in rainwater, entering the aquifer and seeping into wells.

Possible dangers: Not hazardous to health, but gives bad taste to water and food cooked in water.

Selenium. A naturally occurring mineral element that is distributed widely in nature in most rocks and soils. In its pure form, it exists as metallic gray to black hexagonal crystals, but in nature it is usually combined with sulfide or with silver, copper, lead, and nickel minerals. Most processed selenium is used in the electronics industry, but it is also used: as a nutritional supplement; in the glass industry; as a component of pigments in plastics, paints, enamels, inks, and rubber; in the preparation of pharmaceuticals; as a nutritional feed additive for poultry and livestock; in pesticide formulations; in rubber production; as an ingredient in antidandruff shampoos; and as a constituent of fungicides

Possible dangers: Not classified as carcinogen.

Properties listed:

127 Front Ave. SW (GVSU)

Butterworth St. SW, right of way, 514 Butterworth St. SW (Bicycle Factory), 618 Butterworth St. SW, Pedro Hernandez, 622 Butterworth St. SW, Maria A. Gomez, 612 Butterworth St. SW, George B. Zych, 524 Butterworth St. SW, Worthen Industries Inc., 528 Butterworth St. SW, Phoenix Industries Inc., 201 Tolford Ave. SW, Bayside Land Co.

500 Fulton St. SW (Chesapeake & Ohio RW)