[CPEO-BIF] Seal Beach, California gasoline station vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents say gas station is a bad neighbor

By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER
Orange County Register (CA)
December 17, 2009

SEAL BEACH - Arco officials say they are making strides to clean up an 
old gas leak that has contaminated the soil in a nearby neighborhood, 
but neighbors say they want the station shut down.

More than 80 residents attended a community meeting Wednesday night at 
the Mary Wilson Library for an update on the cleanup of contaminated 
soil vapor at the gas station on Pacific Coast Highway and 5th Street.

"There's a puddle of oil affecting our home values and our health – 
Arco, you're a bad neighbor," resident Robert Goldberg said. "Close the 
station. This place is a public hazard and a public nuisance."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/news/residents-224672-station-officials.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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