[CPEO-MEF] Santa Clarita site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Firm to Enter Purchase Bid for Whittaker
The sale of contaminated property tied up in bankruptcy court; North
Carolina firm also interested.

Lila Campuzano
The Signal (CA)
December 7, 2004

An Upland-based developer is due to submit a bid today to purchase the
polluted Whittaker-Bermite site near Saugus Speedway, a spokeswoman
said.  

Details of the bid were not revealed when it was announced late Monday.
Anette McCluskey, spokeswoman for Lewis-Soledad Canyon LLC, said the
sales and procedure motion to purchase the property will be filed with a
court in Arizona, where  the property's owner has filed for bankruptcy.

...

The 996-acre Whittaker Corp. Bermite site was the scene of munitions and
military flare manufacturing for about 80 years. Shut down in 1987, the
site was discovered to be contaminated with perchlorate, a component of
rocket fuel, and some other hazardous chemicals.

The perchlorate has seeped into groundwater beneath the site, forcing
the closure of five wells previously used for drinking water.

...

The property's owner filed for bankruptcy, and Whittaker was held
financially responsible for the cleanup. The state Department of Toxic
Substances Control is spearheading the effort.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/News/ViewStory.asp?storyID=5892

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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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