From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 18 Feb 2007 02:24:20 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate protest |
Governor asked to turn up pressure on perchlorate cleanup in Rialto By MASSIEL LADRÓN DE GUEVARA Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA) February 17, 2007RIALTO - A group of residents wants the governor to declare a state of emergency in Rialto because perchlorate contamination in the city's groundwater supply is endangering residents' health. Officials with the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice and about 40 residents also demanded during a protest Friday that the State Water Resources Control Board force polluters to clean up the contamination and reimburse residents for cleanup costs they have incurred. A hearing set for March 23 to determine which companies are responsible for a mileslong underground plume of perchlorate was delayed after the hearing officer resigned. The hearing also would have forced cleanup of the plume, believed to have been generated by defense contractors in the 1950s and '60s. ... For the entire article, see http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bprotest17.38c3248.html -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
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