[CPEO-MEF] CONTRACTORS: Wyle Labs (CA) treatment options

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup methods suggested for former Wyle Laboratories site


By ALICIA ROBINSON
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
December 22, 2008

Cleaning up contamination at the former Wyle Laboratories in Norco may 
require at least six different types of treatment and could take up to 
30 years to achieve full effectiveness, according to information from 
the state agency heading cleanup efforts.

An environmental firm hired by Wyle suggested a set of cleanup methods 
to address pollution left behind by the lab, which tested aerospace and 
defense products for 47 years until it closed in 2004.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is 
overseeing the cleanup, recently signed off on the review of cleanup 
methods and now awaits a final plan for removing contamination. A 
spokeswoman for a community advisory group on Wyle issues said residents 
so far seem "very pleased" with the proposal.

The suggested cleanup targets trichloroethylene, a chemical solvent that 
tests have found both on Wyle's 429-acre property and in residential 
neighborhoods off-site, and a potentially toxic chemical called NDMA.

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wcleanup23.dd95cf.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>
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