2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 10 May 2007 15:49:10 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Temecula (CA) hospital proposal
 
Court deals setback to hospital plan

By CHRIS BAGLEY
North County Times (CA)
May 10, 2007

TEMECULA -- A judge has struck down the city's decision to allow a six-story hospital to be built in south Temecula, saying an environmental study commissioned by the city overlooked potential health hazards posed by a gasoline additive leaking from nearby storage tanks.

In response to a lawsuit brought by the California Nurses Association last year, Judge Dallas Holmes said Temecula ignored portions of the California Environmental Quality Act and asked the nurses union to suggest remedies. The ruling, released Wednesday, will likely require the city to redo at least some parts of the report, a process that could take several months.

Holmes also said the environmental impact report improperly downplayed the effects of noise from sirens, a perceived shortcoming that led some neighbors to file a parallel lawsuit.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/10/news/californian/4_01_065_9_07.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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