[CPEO-BIF] Wyle (Norco, CA) vapor extraction

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic cleanup moves to homes

VAPORS: Tests start in an area neighborhood to see if chemical waste 
from Wyle Laboratories spread there.


By MARISA NAVARRO
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
October 21, 2005

Workers this week will begin cleaning up hazardous waste in a Norco 
neighborhood adjacent to the former Wyle Laboratories' site, the first 
time cleanup work has occurred outside of the company grounds.

At the same time, state officials will test for contamination in another 
neighborhood previously deemed clear of significant pollution.

Crews began installing equipment to extract harmful soil vapors along 
Golden West Lane, northwest of Wyle, a hazardous-testing facility that 
closed last year.

State officials also plan to test for pollution inside two homes along 
El Paso Drive to the south of Wyle. Two years ago, regulators with the 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control determined that there 
was little evidence that contamination flowed south of Wyle. Attorneys 
for three homeowners in that area recently commissioned private tests 
that showed traces of the Wyle contaminants inside the homes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_B_cwyle21.1dcbe534.html
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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