[CPEO-MEF] Emhart Industries, Rialto, and perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[The perchlorate plume in Rialto appears to originate on property that 
was an Army Ammunition Support Point during World War II. The facility 
closed immediately after the war. Since perchlorate was not widely used 
at that time, the Army's argument that it did not cause the release is 
plausible. However, a number of private firms moved onto the property to 
take advantage of the munitions storage "igloos." Emhart's predecessor, 
West Coast Loading, appears to be one of them. - LS]

Water board chief opposed to delaying a July hearing

PERCHLORATE: A firm that once operated a Rialto facility is accused of 
polluting area wells.


By JENNIFER BOWLES
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
January 19, 2006

LOMA LINDA - The region's chief water-quality regulator signaled 
Wednesday that she would refuse to delay a July hearing for a company 
accused of being a key contributor to perchlorate contamination that has 
closed 20 drinking-water wells in the San Bernardino Valley.

Carole Beswick, chairwoman of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality 
Control Board, said she would decide Monday after Emhart Industries Inc. 
has a chance to refine its plan to determine the company's role in the 
pollution.

"It's sounding like it has no traction," Beswick said of a delay, after 
hearing board members and the public argue against it.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/environment/perchlorate/vt_stories/PE_News_Local_P_perch19.182e21db.html

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