[CPEO-BIF] Ametek TCE settlement, El Cajon, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Settlements reached in lawsuits alleging manufacturer contaminated groundwater in El Cajon


by City News Service (CA)
May 14, 2020

EL CAJON (CNS) – Settlements have been reached in a pair of class-action lawsuits regarding alleged exposure to waste materials stored below ground near three mobile home parks and an elementary school in El Cajon.

The lawsuits concern the alleged contamination via manufacturing process materials stored by Ametek, which manufactured aircraft engine parts for more than 20 years at 790 Greenfield Drive in El Cajon. Plaintiffs allege the materials contaminated groundwater, soil vapor and indoor air at nearby properties.

The settlements, which still require final approval from a judge, would apply to a number of former and current residents of the Greenfield Mobile Estates, Starlight Mobile Home Park and Villa Cajon Mobile Home Estates, as well as former and current students and staff at Magnolia Elementary School.



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For the entire article, see
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/settlements-reached-in-lawsuits-alleging-manufacturer-stored-waste-near-mobile-homes-school/

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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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