[CPEO-BIF] Whittaker-Bermite property, Santa Clarita, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup continues at toxic property

Environment: End in sight for soil restoration; water cleanup could  
take decades

By Laura Dixon
Santa Clarita Signal (CA)
February 27, 2011

State officials will likely review the details of how engineers plan  
to complete Whittaker-Bermite’s surface cleanup this spring, as  
another potential developer has come along showing interest in the  
beleaguered, 996-acre property at the center
of the city.

The hilly plot represents one of the valley’s most coveted, yet  
polluted real estate properties.

For more than two decades, the site has undergone a massive  
environmental cleanup of its soil and groundwater, which are laced  
with toxic chemicals, the most prominent of which is perchlorate, a  
thyroid-damaging salt.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/41145/

See also http://www.the-signal.com/section/115/article/41165/

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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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