[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate expenses

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Perchlorate battle costs
Rialto has spent $18M, mostly to lawyers or specific law firms

Jason Pesick
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
November 3, 2007


RIALTO - The city's battle against perchlorate has cost it more than $18 
million in the past four years but only $3 million has been spent on 
cleanup.

About $13.5 million, or 75 percent of the outlay, has been paid to or 
through lawyers, specifically five law firms that have represented the 
city since about 2003.

The cost categories include investigations ($9.5 million), federal 
litigation ($2.1 million), pushing for state action ($1.9 million) 
public and governmental relations ($967,100) as well as administrative 
costs ($545,000).


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_7355357

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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