[CPEO-MEF] Whittaker-Bermite site, Santa Clarita, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

As the population continues to grow and developable land in

By Josh Premako
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
January 21, 2007

As the population continues to grow and developable land in Los Angeles 
County becomes more scarce, Santa Clarita officials are pinning their 
hopes on nearly 1,000 acres of polluted land in the middle of the city.

For decades, the 996-acre Whittaker-Bermite site in Saugus was home to 
munitions and flare manufacturing and testing.

When the company finally shut its doors, it left behind property that 
would test positive for perchlorate contamination - a revelation that 
killed a proposed 2,911-home development on the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=45760&format=html

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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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