[CPEO-BIF] 'California agency failed to collect $100 million for cleanup of contaminated sites"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

California agency failed to collect $100 million for cleanup of contaminated sites

By Jim Sanders
Sacramento Bee (CA)
May. 30, 2013


A California agency spent $100 million in public funds over the past 26 years to clean contaminated property for which polluters were liable but never were sent a bill, officials said Wednesday.

The neglected reimbursement stemmed from 1,700 sites ranging from junkyards to small businesses, said Deborah O. Raphael, chief of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, which oversaw the cleanups.

"It's not a pretty picture, and it makes me mad as a resident and as a director," she said.

No list of polluters was released Wednesday, so it was not clear how much California taxpayers spent on each cleanup project or what percentage of the $100 million was spent in recent years. Military bases or massive contamination sites eligible for federal Superfund money were not involved.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/30/5457371/california-agency-failed-to-collect.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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