[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: EPA action in Rialto (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA pushing for water probe
Meets with 5 parties on Rialto's situation

Jason Pesick
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
April 22, 2008

RIALTO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to 
prod five parties to further investigate the extent of water 
contamination here.

The five parties - which the EPA has identified for the first time as 
potential polluters - are the Charlotte, N.C.-based Goodrich Corp., 
local fireworks company Pyro Spectaculars, the defunct Black & Decker 
division of Emhart Industries and two property owners, Ken Thompson Inc. 
and Chung Ming Wong.

"We're looking for them to do additional testing and investigation work 
- the bulk of which will be to install and sample another half-dozen 
monitoring wells," said Wayne Praskins, project manager for the EPA in 
San Francisco.

Rialto's groundwater is contaminated with an ingredient in explosives - 
perchlorate - and industrial cleaning solvents. Although officials say 
no contaminated water is being served to residents, Rialto, Colton and 
even the state of California have so far been unable to hold any of the 
suspected polluters responsible.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9020506

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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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