[CPEO-BIF] Carson, California landfill cleared for NFL statidum

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State says Carson site ready for construction of NFL stadium


By Paul Pringle
Los Angeles Times (CA)
February 20, 2015

For decades, the expanse of empty acreage hugging the 405 Freeway in  
Carson had been eyed as an ideal location for a shopping mall, homes,  
a hotel, some combination of those three - or even an NFL stadium.

But there was always one overriding problem: The parcel sat on a  
gaseous stew of pollutants, the poisoned legacy of its previous life  
as a landfill.

Now, however, as the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders unveil  
tentative plans to jointly build a stadium on the site, state  
regulators say about $50 million in cleanup measures over the years  
has made the property nearly shovel-ready for construction.

"It is safe," said Emad Yemut, a supervising engineer for the state  
Toxic Substances Control Department, which oversees the  
decontamination effort. "Everything is done."

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For the entire article, see
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82878164/

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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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