[CPEO-BIF] City of Commerce, California "Parks to be Tested for Lead"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Commerce Parks to be Tested for Lead

EGP News
March 10, 2016 

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) will be in Commerce Friday to test the soil at two local parks for lead.

City officials asked DTSC to determine whether emissions from the now closed Exide Battery Plant in Vernon had elevated the level of lead in the soil at the parks, both within the 1.7 mile radius of the plant suspected to have the highest level of contamination,

“The City Council has called on the State of California to test the soil at our City parks following DTSC’s inclusion of Commerce in the affected area and the Governor’s release of funding for testing and cleaning,” said Mayor Pro Tem Tina Baca del Rio, a member of the Exide Advisory Group.

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For the entire article, see
http://egpnews.com/2016/03/commerce-parks-to-be-tested-for-lead/

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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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