[CPEO-MEF] CONTRACTORS: Sacramento County (CA) sues Aerojet and Boeing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sacramento County sues Aerojet and Boeing over water contamination

By Robert Lewis
Sacramento Bee (CA)
July 1, 2009


Sacramento County on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against 
the Aerojet-General and the Boeing Corporations over water 
contamination. The county alleges that years of pollution by Aerojet and 
McDonnell-Douglas -- which has since merged with Boeing -- led to 
groundwater contamination in a large portion of eastern Sacramento County.

The suit seeks damages that could be in the hundreds of millions of 
dollars, said Herb Niederberger, division chief of the Sacramento County 
Department of Water Resources. The county has been in settlement 
agreements for the past nine years with the companies, but the corporate 
giants have yet to replace the water supply or "make us whole," he added.

"After nine years of discussion, Aerojet and Boeing have yet to take 
responsibility," Niederberger said. "We needed to do something."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1994299.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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