[CPEO-BIF] Masonite site, Mendocino County, California

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Board of Supervisors: Masonite site's soil and groundwater to be 
discussed Tuesday

Ukiah Daily Journal (CA) Staff
March 1, 2010

Soil and groundwater cleanup at the old Masonite site, a retirement 
actuarial study and county hiring are topics on the Tuesday Mendocino 
County Board of Supervisors agenda.

County Supervisor John McCowen requested the board discuss what the 
county's role should be in remediating soil and groundwater 
contamination at the defunct Masonite industrial site.

"Questions persist in the community" about how much and what type of 
contamination occurred, he said, and about whether the site was properly 
characterized, including "anecdotal reports of improperly disposed of 
toxic substances and the absence of numerous files that were required to 
be filed with the Mendocino County Department of Environmental Health."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_14490353?source=rss

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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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