Perchlorate cleanup funding passes House subcommittee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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UPDATE: Perchlorate bill passes House subcommittee
By CLAIRE VITUCCI 
Riverside Press Enterprise
July 8, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Legislation that would help Inland cities pay to clean up
perchlorate-contaminated groundwater passed a key congressional
subcommittee Thursday. 

The bill, authored by Inland Rep. Joe Baca, would authorize money to pay
for groundwater cleanup in the Santa Ana and San Gabriel river
watersheds. It also calls for the federal government to pay 65 percent
of cleanup costs, leaving state and local agencies and private entities
to fund the remaining 35 percent. 

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

The federal fund would be administered through the federal Bureau of
Reclamation. The bill also would require an inspector general to audit
how the money is being spent. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_perch09.e76b.html

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Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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