[CPEO-MEF] Whittaker-Bermite UXO cleanup, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ordnance cleanup to start soon

BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS
LA Daily News
December 13, 2006

VALENCIA - Clearance of unexploded ordnance soon will start on the 
Whittaker-Bermite property, as cleanup of the former weapons 
manufacturing site continues to ready it for eventual development.

"I expect we'll find an odd item here and there, but I don't believe 
we'll find a large quantity" of ordnance, said John Naginis, a geologist 
with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Naginis was speaking Tuesday at a community meeting to provide an update 
on cleanup of the 996-acre Whittaker-Bermite site, which is located in 
the center of Santa Clarita.

Officials think only 20 acres to 30 acres of the property could hold 
unexploded ordnance, but if they find indications the problem is more 
widespread, they'll expand their clearance sweep.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_4835312

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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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