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DEP describes air and water monitoring after SPS Technologies fire; committee seeks continued updates
Summary
Acting DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley told the committee DEP and EPA rapidly deployed air monitors and tested nearby streams for VOCs and cyanide after a large fire at SPS Technologies in Abington Township; DEP reported benzene detected in a local creek but said concentrations dissipated before reaching the Delaware River and that there was no threat to drinking water.
Acting DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley described the department's response to a large fire at SPS Technologies in Abington Township, Montgomery County, and briefed the committee on ongoing monitoring.
Shirley said local emergency management were first responders and called DEP; DEP arrived as soon as possible and focused on preventing runoff and…
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