[CPEO-BIF] Allenco oil field, South Los Angeles, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Boxer asks EPA to ensure safety of L.A. neighborhood near oil field
California senator wants the agency to address chemical odors wafting  
through University Park neighborhood from Allenco oil field.

By Louis Sahagun
Los Angeles Times
September 26, 2013

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) asked federal environmental  
officials Thursday to ensure the safety of a low-income South Los  
Angeles community where residents worry that their dizziness,  
headaches and nosebleeds may be linked to noxious odors from an urban  
oil field.

In a terse letter, Boxer asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  
Administrator Gina McCarthy to "immediately address these  
unacceptable situations using all available and appropriate  
authorities."

Boxer requested a response by Monday describing the steps that the  
EPA will take to address the chemical smells, which waft through the  
University Park neighborhood from an oil-pumping operation on land  
Allenco Energy Co. leases from the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Residents say they have suffered from respiratory ailments, headaches  
and nosebleeds since 2010, when Allenco ramped up production at its  
wells by more than 400%. Neighbors complained to state air quality  
officials 251 times over the next three years. The South Coast Air  
Quality Management District responded by issuing 15 citations against  
Allenco for foul odors.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0927-fumes-20130927,0,5475948.story

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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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