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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:03:54 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Dangerous Chemicals Cleared From Samoa Pulp Mill , " Humboldt County, California
 
3 Million Gallons of Dangerous Chemicals Cleared From Samoa Pulp Mill Says Congressman Huffman

by Kym Kemp
Lost Coast Outpost (CA)
September 10, 2014

Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced today that the final shipment of some three million gallons of dangerous chemicals has left the former Samoa Pulp Mill site, in Humboldt County, Calif., drastically reducing a potentially catastrophic environmental threat to Humboldt Bay.

Huffman praised the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Seafoods for their rapid response to what was a potential disaster. Last summer, EPA was approached by the Harbor District about millions of gallons of highly caustic pulping liquors abandoned by previous owners in tanks that were inappropriate for storage and actively leaking. Due to the volume of the liquors on site and their proximity to Humboldt Bay, all parties worked diligently to secure the site and began working on a plan to remove the chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/sep/10/3-million-gallons-dangerous- chemicals-cleared-samo/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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