[CPEO-BIF] Chico, California Airport

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Groundwater cleanup plan meeting today

Staff Reports
Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)
March 20, 2011


CHICO — A public meeting will be held this evening on a plan to clean  
up polluted groundwater at Chico Municipal Airport.

The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 1 of the City  
Council Chambers, 421 Main St. It is being held by the state  
Department of Toxic Substances Control so the public can voice  
concerns or raise questions.
In 2002, a remedial action plan was issued to address contamination  
in soil and groundwater caused by the use of chemicals during  
business operations at the airport. The primary chemicals of concern  
include trichloroethylene (TCE).

...

According to a fact sheet from the department, Victor Industries  
Corp. made aluminum tubes and cans at 651 and 681 Liberator St. at  
the airport, using solvents such as TCE for degreasing. Victor  
operated there from 1947 to 1958.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_17723583

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, 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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