[CPEO-BIF] EPA proposes to "delist" Jasco site, Mountain View California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA seeks to remove Mountain View site from Superfund list, despite lingering chemical plume
After lengthy cleanup effort, former Jasco site on Villa Street is slated for housing development

by Kevin Forestieri
Mountain View Voice (CA)
May 5, 2020

A Mountain View property once brimming with toxic contaminants is now officially being pulled from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of superfund sites, shortly before apartments are built there. It signals the end of a decadeslong cleanup operation, even though a chemical considered likely to cause cancer is still present on the site.

The site at 1710 Villa Street was previously home to the Jasco Chemical Corporation before it was designated as a Superfund site in 1989, becoming one of seven places in Mountain View where harmful chemicals have been discovered in the underlying soil and groundwater.

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Between 1976 and 1995, Jasco used the location for formulating and repackaging chemical products for sale, handling solvents in bulk and storing chemicals in eight underground storage tanks that have since been removed. Due to either poor waste disposal practices or leaking tanks, the site was found to be rife with nine harmful compounds, including PCE (also known as perchloroethylene or perc), benzene, vinyl chloride, methylene chloride and trichloroethene (TCE), which is known to cause cancer.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2020/05/05/epa-seeks-to-remove-mountain-view-superfund-site-touting-successful-cleanup

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





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