[CPEO-BIF] "EPA begins $3-million cleanup at site of Maywood [California] magnesium fire"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA begins $3-million cleanup at site of Maywood magnesium fire

by Matt Hamilton
Los Angeles Times (CA)
October 18, 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a cleanup this week of the Maywood metal yard that burned down in June, part of a two-month waste removal project at the closed business.

The EPA warned that clearing out hazardous debris may send noxious odors into nearby neighborhoods, an irritating reminder of a fire that displaced hundreds of residents and revived fears about the proximity of industrial sites to homes in southeast Los Angeles County.

In the early morning of June 14, flames tore through scrap metal recycler Panda International Trading Co. and a precious metals recycler operating on a portion of the company’s Fruitland Avenue property, Sokor Metals. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-maywood-fire-cleanup-20161017-snap-story.html

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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