[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate cleanup order at Olin flare plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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