Baca introduces perchlorate bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Bill seeks federal aid to clean Inland sites

By CLAIRE VITUCCI
Riverside Press-Enterprise
June 17, 2004

WASHINGTON - Inland and Southern California cities besieged with costs
to clean up perchlorate-contaminated groundwater could see relief
through legislation introduced Thursday by Rep. Joe Baca. 

The bill, which would authorize money to pay for groundwater cleanup in
the Santa Ana and San Gabriel river watersheds, calls for the federal
government to pay 65 percent of cleanup costs and state and local
agencies and private entities funding 35 percent. 

Money already spent to clean up contaminated groundwater for projects
started before or after Jan. 1, 2000, would be eligible for
reimbursement. 

"This legislation could mean a great deal for Southern California and
become a model for other communities facing similar groundwater
contamination crises," Baca, D-Rialto, said in a statement. 

Underground pollution has contaminated at least 20 drinking-water wells
in Rialto, Colton and Fontana - all of which are in Baca's district. The
cities have had to close wells and fear water shortages. 

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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
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