2005 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 5 Feb 2005 18:26:47 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate cleanup order at Olin flare plant
 
Flare maker must plan drinking water cleanup
HUNDREDS OF WELLS FROM MORGAN HILL TO GILROY POLLUTED WITH PERCHLORATE

By Paul Rogers
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
February 5, 2005

A company whose now-closed manufacturing plant for making highway flares
polluted the drinking water in hundreds of wells from Morgan Hill to
Gilroy was ordered Friday by state officials to come up with a plan by
next year to clean it up.

The order, a significant milestone toward removing the contamination,
was issued by the state Regional Water Quality Control Board to Olin, a
Norwalk, Conn.-based, company.

The regional board gave Olin until Jan. 31, 2006, to produce a report
recommending which cleanup level is most feasible. Then Olin has until
June 30, 2006, to produce a detailed plan for cleaning up the
groundwater. That plan probably will involve installing wells and
pumping and treating the groundwater.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/10825046.htm

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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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