[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate injunction

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Rialto water hearings put on hold
Judge agrees to shut down proceeding on perchlorate contamination

By Jason Pesick, Staff Writer
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
August 13, 20077

In the latest delay to efforts to clean up water contamination around 
Rialto, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge halted next week's 
state water board hearings on the matter.

The hearings were supposed to determine whether three companies should 
be held responsible for perchlorate in the area's drinking water.

On Monday, Judge Dzintra Janavs issued a temporary stay to prevent the 
hearings from moving forward after the companies involved, Emhart 
Industries - affiliated with Black & Decker - Goodrich and Pyro 
Spectaculars, filed two suits and asked the judge to shut down the 
hearings before the State Water Resources Control Board.

"They're trying to keep the state board or any agency whatsoever from 
enforcing the water code," said Scott Sommer, Rialto's lead attorney in 
the perchlorate battles.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6617387

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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
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