[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate litigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater contamination fight may just be beginning

Jeff Horwitz
San Bernardino County Sun (CA)
April 9, 2006

After nearly four years of litigation and more than $1.5 million in 
attorneys fees, San Bernardino County officials and attorneys say the 
legal wrangling over perchlorate pollution in groundwater may just be 
getting started.

On Tuesday, the County Counsel's Office is expected to request an 
additional $200,000 to cover legal fees stemming from perchlorate suits 
between government agencies.

...

Given the fact there are multiple lawsuits involving more than three 
dozen defendants, legal maneuvers over the contamination have taken both 
time - one trial is tentatively scheduled to begin in late 2007 - and 
deep pockets.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3689509

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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