[CPEO-MEF] Criticism of Rialto (CA) perchloate response

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Critics say groundwater cleanup taking too long

By Andrew Silva, Staff Writer
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
August 22, 2006

The cleanup of contaminated groundwater in Rialto, Colton and Fontana 
has been moving too slowly, critics contended during a state Senate 
hearing Monday.

However, they stopped short of demanding that three members of the board 
overseeing the issue lose their seats.

"This is dragging on 10 years," local activist Penny Newman told the 
Senate Rules Committee. "The cost is being passed by the city of Rialto 
to its ratepayers."

Newman is executive director of the Center for Community Action and 
Environmental Justice, which has been involved in environmental issues 
in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4217263

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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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