[CPEO-BIF] TCE and benzene at El Cajon elementary school, San Diego

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

El Cajon school site cleanup ratchets up

By Joel Hoffmann
San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
June 16, 2014

The former owner of an El Cajon aerospace plant that emitted toxic  
chemicals into the groundwater beneath Magnolia Elementary School is  
stepping up efforts to remove pollution, but it could still take  
years to complete the cleanup.

Magnolia, adjacent to the plant, has been sitting above the toxic  
site for decades. Previous attempts to address the problem have  
fallen short, including removal of an underground sump that caused  
the pollution and the treatment of contaminated groundwater beneath  
the plant.

State regulators and the plant’s former owner, Pennsylvania-based  
Ametek, are aiming to end the threat of dangerous chemicals rising up  
from the soil and into classrooms. They plan to install more  
underground containment wells under the school.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/16/magnolia-elementary-school- 
site-cleanup/


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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
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