[CPEO-BIF] Cleanup continues at Whittaker-Bermite site, Santa Clarita Valley, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Big cleanup ahead in SCV
A recent tour of the Whittaker-Bermite site shows the decontamination  
in process

By Jim Holt
Santa Clarita Valley Signal (CA)
July 14, 2014

As the cleanup of nearly 1,000 acres of contaminated soil and the air  
above it continues in the heart of the Santa Clarita Valley, with  
much of the cleansing infrastructure in place, crews are now poised  
to implement its water decontamination plan.

At least 996 acres of contaminated soil and groundwater on the  
Whittaker-Bermite site targeted for cleanup are marked off in a grid  
and identified according to seven sections of concern, called  
operable units.

A tour of the site Thursday revealed cleanup crews - under the  
direction of Whittaker and monitored by state officials - have  
vigorously treated contaminated soil on most of the seven OU areas.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/123784/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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