From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:33:20 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Exide cleanup order, Vernon, California |
California Department of Toxic Substances Control News Release T-0 6-15 March 12, 2015 DTSC ANNOUNCES ORDER TO CLOSE EXIDE FACILITY AND STEPS TO PROTECT COMMUNITY WITH ENHANCED CLEANUP SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced it will issue an order today that will safely close the Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Vernon and provide for enhanced cleanup of residential properties in the surrounding community. Last month, DTSC initiated the process of denying the company’s permit application. After a detailed review of the facility's record and its permit application, the department notified Exide that it had concluded that the facility cannot operate in compliance with California’s safeguards to protect public health and the environment. The order to close the facility will become an amendment to a DTSC order issued November 2014. A key concern in DTSC's discussions with the company over recent weeks has been Exide's ability to ensure adequate funding for safely closing the facility and the complete cleanup of lead contamination in the surrounding community. The company has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since June 2013. … For the entire release, see http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Projects/upload/News-Release-T-06-15.pdf -- 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 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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