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Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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Date:
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Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:19:01 -0800 (PST)
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cpeo-brownfields
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[CPEO-BIF] California orders lead cleanup at Quemetco, City of Industry
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2018 California Department of Toxic Substances Control DTSC Orders Battery Recycler Quemetco to Expand Soil Sampling, Clean Up Areas Near City of Industry Facility
SACRAMENTO - The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today ordered Quemetco Inc. to conduct additional lead sampling in residential areas around its battery recycling facility in the City of Industry. DTSC has also ordered the facility to remove contaminated soil in the industrial areas immediately outside the facility where sampling found high levels of lead.
The new sampling order follows previous lead sampling conducted by Quemetco in 2016 and 2017. That sampling was limited to a quarter-mile radius around the Quemetco facility, and the company was able to obtain access to only a third of the residential and industrial/commercial properties in that area.
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For the entire release, see https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/DTSC-Orders-Battery-Recycler-Quemetco-to-Expand-Soil-Sampling-Clean-Up-Areas-Near-City-of-Industry-Facility.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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