[CPEO-MEF] Wyle Labs, Norco, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State probe of contamination around Wyle Labs finds homes, schools safe


By ALICIA ROBINSON
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
November 17, 2007

State officials are wrapping up their two-year investigation into 
contamination at and around the now-closed Wyle Laboratories in Norco, 
and they said so far results have shown nearby homes and schools are safe.

A report due out in January will give the fullest picture so far of how 
much contamination from the lab remains in the ground and how much has 
spread from the 429-acre site. By next fall officials expect to have a 
plan in place to clean up the property, said Rafat Abbasi, senior 
project manager for the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.

The state is overseeing the investigation and cleanup at Wyle, which 
tested defense and aerospace products at its Hillside Avenue facility 
from 1959 until the lab's closing in 2004.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_C_cwyle18.34c19b0.html

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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
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