[CPEO-MEF] Morgan Hill (CA) and Olin's perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Olin Lambasted For 'Do Nothing' Approach in Groundwater Cleanup


By Tony Burchyns
Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
September 9, 2006

Morgan Hill - Local community leaders urged a "failing grade" for 
alleged groundwater polluter Olin Corporation at a Central Coat Water 
Quality Control Board meeting this week.

Morgan Hill Mayor Dennis Kennedy told the regional board Thursday that 
Olin should be held responsible for perchlorate detected in Morgan 
Hill's municipal wells located northeast of the company's defunct 
Tennant Avenue plant.

And, San Martin resident Sylvia Hamilton, chair of the Perchlorate 
Community Advisory Group, criticized what she and others see as Olin's 
"do nothing" approach to cleaning up the South County's water basin.

Olin Corp. officials have admitted that the company polluted the 
groundwater that flows south toward San Martin, but are reluctant to 
take responsibility for a northerly flow.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=194372

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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