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4 6-15 <br />Firms <br />must test <br />the air <br />for toxin <br />EPA SAYS MTN. VIEW SITES <br />MAY HAVE TCE SEEPING UP <br />By � L K= <br />The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will re- <br />quire 10 Silicon valley -tech companies that ace op <br />erated manuiacduin� in Mwntaln view to c: <br />duct — for the first time — afrquslity testing for a to do <br />substance inside several o8ices that were later built on <br />the land. <br />The same companies are suspected of having leaked <br />into the ground a substance called t�lene, <br />known r . a widely used solvent that cleans ma- <br />chine parts. <br />more dwrguo��uo� <br />'D-,E m�'ug� � <br />it is cwneerned that cont�aroi m >a <br />In a letter Eo he sent this week, the M News has <br />learned, the EPA will notify such storied &T V <br />semiconductor manufacturers as Intel and a� <br />Semiconductor, among others, that they must uaubmit a <br />wor ?n for testing the soil, indoor air and outside air <br />The �newofflee b��� of a'� B a plume of TCEcd 1cc ocycceurps ago that lice be• <br />inel>i AOL Netscape, Nolde and V So= <br />The m� be <br />veers cracks i4 the <br />door air <br />Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said the company has <br />a <br />�M <br />1 •� <br />O <br />i LOAJ <br />�I <br />102 PIMA a <br />CIA <br />8 <br />Rju MAN 1 1 1 <br />Ja <br />o ss <br />j 4 - s <br />i <br />`F Of 9 14 � 1 !OR <br />d <br />1 � <br />u <br />See TCE, Page 4B <br />