[CPEO-BIF] Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State demands Maryland Parkway pollution cleanup, reimbursement

By Steve Green
Ls Vegas Sun (NV)
May 4, 2009

A Nevada agency on Monday sued several businesses and landowners it says 
are responsible for pollution from a dry cleaning plant on Maryland 
Parkway, demanding they clean up the pollution and reimburse the state 
for its costs to deal with contaminated air and groundwater in the 
affected area.

The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of 
Environmental Protection, filed suit in U.S. District Court against 
Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC; trustees of the Herman Kishner 
Trust, and individuals and companies associated with the bankrupt Al 
Phillips the Cleaners Inc.

The suit is part of the long-running response to the pollution, which 
was discovered in 2000 and also resulted in nearby residents last year 
suing the same defendants and others in the same court.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/04/state-demands-maryland-parkway-pollution-cleanup-r/

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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>
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