[CPEO-MEF] National Technical Systems, Santa Clarita, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State seeks further contamination tests at Santa Clarita sites

BY JUDY O'ROURKE
Los Angeles Daily News
September 4, 2007

SANTA CLARITA - State regulators overseeing pollution tests at two Santa 
Clarita sites say they have found only minor contamination at one 
property but landowners have been slow in responding to requests for 
further tests.

A small area of pollution was found at the site of National Technical 
Systems, a defense contractor that for years conducted secret testing in 
what is now the burgeoning center of town, officials said.

"They found minor soil contamination outside a chemical storage area and 
the investigation is complete. We have no issues," said Jose Diaz, a 
project manager for the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

National Technical Systems split its 150-acre parcel for the testing and 
officials said one cubic yard of soil was found to be polluted in a 
120-acre section that was listed for sale by the company last year.

Still, preliminary tests by the department in 2003 found perchlorate in 
soil at the site, and officials said the remaining untested section - 
known as the "lab property" - is a concern.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6802510

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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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