[CPEO-BIF] Wyle Laboratories, Norco (CA) TCE pumping

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Pumping system to keep contaminated water from leaving Wyle site


By ALICIA ROBINSON
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
January 17, 2008

A pumping system designed to keep contaminated water from leaving the 
Wyle Laboratories property in Norco may begin operation by the end of 
the week, state officials said Thursday.

Tests by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control have found 
contaminants such as trichloroethylene -- known as TCE -- in groundwater 
on and near the site, which was operated as a product-testing lab from 
1959 to 2004.

...

State officials previously ordered the installation of ventilation 
equipment in two nearby homes, where TCE contamination was found. 
Contaminants also were found in soil and groundwater at Hillside and 
Third avenues.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_cwyle18.32fbe20.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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