[CPEO-BIF] Merced, California Hex Chromium settlement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Merced to pay $1.5M in contamination case

Beachwood residents say water, air tainted by chemicals.

By AMEERA BUTT
Merced Sun-Star (CA)
July 15, 2011

The city of Merced will pay $1.5 million to more than 2,200  
plaintiffs as a settlement in the 4-year-old Beachwood contamination  
and flooding case, in which residents alleged a plant near the  
neighborhood contaminated the air and water around them.

The plant used industrial chemicals to pressure-treat wood for  
cooling tower frames.

The authorization to spend the money was included in the approval of  
the city's budget last month, according to city attorney Greg Diaz.  
The decision to settle came out of closed session and was finalized  
and reported in May by the Merced City Council, according to Diaz.

The case was filed in Fresno federal court against the city,  
pharmaceutical company Merck, Merced County, Franklin County Water  
District, the Merced Irrigation District and others in late 2006, he  
said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/07/15/1970415/merced-to-pay-15m-in- 
contamination.html#0_undefined,0_

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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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