[CPEO-MEF] California perchlorate bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whittaker fights toxics measure
Bill would tighten perchlorate standards

BY JUDY O'ROURKE
LA Daily News
September 20, 2006

SANTA CLARITA - Attorneys for Whittaker-Bermite - whose 996-acre 
contaminated site in the heart of town is undergoing cleanup - have 
urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to nix a bill approved by the state 
Legislature that would tighten standards for perchlorate and other 
chemicals in drinking water.

The bill's author disagrees with Whittaker's stance and hopes the 
governor will disregard it.

"It is my understanding that Whittaker is principally responsible for 
contamination in the Santa Clarita area, and it does not surprise me 
that a major polluter would put out misinformation in the hopes of 
persuading Governor Schwarzenegger to veto my bill for clean water," 
said state Sen. Nell Soto, D-Ontario, who wrote Senate Bill 187.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_4364269

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org

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