[CPEO-BIF] Los Angeles County (California) "Supervisor Molina proposes 'toxic threat strike team'"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

L.A. Supervisor Molina proposes 'toxic threat strike team'

By Jessica Garrison
Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2014


Decrying the slow response of state agencies to the public health  
threat posed by a Vernon battery recycler and other polluting  
facilities, Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina on Wednesday  
called for the creation of a county "toxic threat strike team" that  
could take action when the state fails to do so.

The plan calls for county public health officials, prosecutors, fire  
department officials and others to identify the most dangerous  
facilities in the most pollution-burdened neighborhoods.

The strike team would then work with other agencies such as the  
regional air quality board and the state Department of Toxic  
Substances Control to coordinate a response.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-toxic-threat-strike- 
team-20140305,0,7190652.story#axzz2vCts1xwL

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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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