[CPEO-BIF] Whittaker-Bermite perchlorate cleanup, Santa Clarita, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The IMPACT of Santa Clarita

by Rick Drew, chairman of the Whittaker-Termite Community Advisory Group
Santa Clarita Gazette (CA)
February 22, 2018

Most residents of Santa Clarita do not know anything about the Whittaker-Bermite hazardous material clean-up. This massive clean-up has been occurring for the past 25 years. Most residents do not know where the Whittaker-Bermite property is located. And, unfortunately, the majority of residents of Santa Clarita are unaware that their lives have been impacted by Whittaker-Bermite for many years. Most all of Santa Clarita residents, along with their kids, their grandkids and future residents will be impacted by Whittaker-Bermite, because their drinking water has been and will be affected for 30-plus years to come.

Whittaker-Bermite is an expanse of land located in the middle of the City of Santa Clarita. The property consists of 996 acres and is bounded by Soledad Canyon Road on the North, Railroad Ave/ Bouquet Canyon Road on the West, Golden Valley Road on the East, and Circle J Ranch on the South. From the 1930s through the mid-1980s, military munitions and fireworks were manufactured on this property by several different businesses.

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For the entire column, see
https://santaclaritafree.com/gazette/opinion/impact-santa-clarita

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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