[CPEO-MEF] Presidio (SF) hazwaste allegations

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Presidio probes toxic dump claims 

Trust calls for help to investigate laid-off workers' tale of burying
mystery barrels 
Kathleen Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 30, 2002 
San Francisco Chronicle. 

The Presidio Trust has asked state and federal agencies for help
investigating allegations that some employees were ordered to bury a
dozen drums of toxic waste on park grounds. 

Craig Middleton, the trust's acting executive director, said Monday that
he has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.
Department of Justice and the state Department of Toxic Substance
Control to look into that allegation and others. 

Those charges, leveled by seven laid-off employees, include claims that
the trust dumped paints, solvents and diesel fuel in the park, allowed
raw sewage to flow into San Francisco Bay and refused to provide safety
equipment to employees handling toxic materials. 

...

For the entire story, see
URL:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/30/BA104355.DTL 


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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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