[CPEO-BIF] Chicago Musical Instruments (CMI) site in Fullerton, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
California Department of Toxic Substances Control 
May 4, 2017 

DTSC announces $2 million settlement to help remediate groundwater plume in Southern California

Sacramento – The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced a nearly $2 million settlement with the current and two previous owners of the former Chicago Musical Instruments (CMI) site in Fullerton. The settlement is for previously incurred costs related to its investigation and remediation efforts at the site. Historical operations at the site resulted in contamination of the soil and groundwater by volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

As part of the settlement, United Duralume Products Inc. (UDP), the current owner, paid $1.1 million for previous costs. Prior owners, Pitney Bowes Inc., and Novitex Enterprise Solutions, Inc., paid more than $800,000 for previous costs and are responsible for all of DTSC’s future costs related to the investigation and remediation of the VOCs at the site and off-site.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_Release_T-07-17.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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