[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) declares perchlorate emergency

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Rialto pursues state aid over perchlorate plume


By MARY BENDER
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
November 20, 2007

RIALTO - The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an official 
declaration of local emergency, a mechanism to persuade the state to 
help clean up and stop the spread of perchlorate fouling Rialto's 
groundwater.

The city has been battling several companies that did business on a 
160-acre industrial site -- believed to be the source of the pollution 
-- but assorted claims of legal responsibility remain unresolved while 
the contamination continues to spread.

"This is the best move we ever made," Rialto Mayor Grace Vargas said 
after the vote. "I think we've wasted too much time already."

The chemical perchlorate, suspected of causing birth defects, is 
contaminating 360 million gallons of Rialto's drinking water each month. 
Rialto's request to Gov. Schwarzenegger also seeks funding to stop the 
6-mile-long plume of tainted groundwater, which moves about 20 inches 
per day.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_B_btaint21.35f65a0.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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