[CPEO-IRF] Dioxin - Is it from Castle Air Force Base (CA)?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dioxin fears prompt moves regarding plant

By LESLIE ALBRECHT
MERCED SUN-STAR (CA)
October 29, 2005

MERCED - Merced County has closed off one water line and disabled a
pumping system at Atwater's wastewater treatment plant, where small
amounts of the toxic chemical compounds known as dioxins were discovered
late last year.

The move comes more than a month after the city threatened to stop
Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center's use of its wastewater
treatment plant if the county did not take steps to find the source of
the contamination and clean it up. 

"The board has been extraordinarily proactive in dealing with this,"
said County Executive Officer Dee Tatum. "The idea is to make sure the
problem is dealt with as quickly and comprehensively as possible. That's
why we're doing two rounds of testing."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/11413502p-12157671c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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