[CPEO-MEF] Recently discovered TCE near Ontario (CA) airport

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Board: Groundwater near ONT contaminated

By Mason Stockstill
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
January 4, 2005

ONTARIO -- A recently discovered plume of contaminants in the
groundwater south of Ontario International Airport will be cleaned up by
the industrial firms and military agencies responsible for the
pollution, water quality officials say.

The Regional Water Quality Control Board has not yet issued a formal
cleanup order for the contaminated groundwater, but the responsible
parties are already working on a plan to remove the chemicals before
they enter the drinking water supply.

...

In the groundwater south of the airport, TCE has been detected at
concentrations more than 16 times the maximum level in drinking water
set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Since cleanup plans are still in the works, additional data is being
collected by the responsible parties that will be involved in the
cleanup -- aerospace firms Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman;
industrial giant General Electric; the Department of Defense and the
California Air National Guard.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3368839

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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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