Santa Clarita concerned about changes at Cal-DTSC

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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City Eyes Toxic Agency Shakeup

Leon Worden
The Signal (CA)
July 15, 2004

City officials are hoping the departure of the man who made the 
Whittaker-Bermite cleanup a high priority for his Sacramento agency 
won't leave a gap.

Ed Lowry left his post as chief of the Department of Toxic Substances 
Control on Monday after learning his replacement was likely.

A Democrat, Lowry was appointed by former Gov. Gray Davis in 1999. The 
Associated Press reported that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to give 
his job to a fellow Republican, B.B. Blevins.

Lowry's chief deputy, Blevins is a newcomer to DTSC. He has held the No. 
2 spot since March 29 when Schwarzenegger moved him over from the 
California Energy Commission.

City officials have credited Lowry's personal involvement for recent 
progress in the effort to rid the 996-acre Bermite property of 
contamination.

"What he did is, he made it so that DTSC made it a high priority," City 
Manager Ken Pulskamp said Wednesday.

"He came to Santa Clarita, toured the site and let (his) staff know it 
was an important project (that) he was concerned about and would follow 
through personally," Pulskamp said.

…

for the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/News/ViewStory.asp?storyID=4995

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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