[CPEO-BIF] Exide Technologies, Vernon, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State regulators make tough demands of Vernon battery recycler

by Molly Peterson
KPCC Public Radio (Pasadena, CA)
November 6 2014

Vernon-based battery manufacturer Exide Technologies is facing tough new orders from environmental regulators. It must immediately clean up soil and air pollution, pay penalties and costs and triple the amount of money it set aside to pay for cleanup in the event of its closure.

“We’re being as aggressive as we absolutely can to ensure that the public is protected,” said Miriam Ingenito, acting director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

In total, Exide must lay out almost $49 million towards cleanup, closure, penalties and costs - providing the federal judge overseeing the  company's bankruptcy approves it.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/11/06/47912/state-regulators-make-tough-demands-of-vernon-batt/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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