[CPEO-MEF] San Martin (CA) perchlorate response plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Olin Corporation's Solution: More Monitoring

By Tony Burchyns
Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
July 8, 2006

Morgan Hill - A 100-page report that addresses the long-term cleanup 
efforts of Olin Corp., suggests a passive monitoring program that would 
be carried out over a 20 years to the tune of $5.6 million. However, the 
report on the 9.5-mile perchlorate plume stretching south from Tennant 
Avenue in Morgan Hill to north of Gilroy, defers until August a cleanup 
solution on the area immediately south of the company's former Tennant 
Avenue factory.

The company also explored - but rejected - a more aggressive and 
thorough cleanup strategy in the report, which would cost $250 million 
and would have reduced perchlorate levels in the South County water 
table to 4 parts per billion (ppb).

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=189623

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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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