[CPEO-MEF] Wyle's Norco plume larger than thought

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wyle testing tops meeting agenda

NORCO: Pollution from the closed lab might be more widespread than first 
thought, officials say.

By PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
November 26, 2004

State and local environmental regulators and health officials will host 
a town hall meeting Monday in Norco to discuss the latest plans for 
cleaning and investigating hazardous waste pollution at and around Wyle 
Labs, a former hazardous testing facility.

This summer, officials with the California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control expressed confidence that a toxic plume was limited 
to the Wyle site with trace amounts contaminating soil in the Golden 
West Lane neighborhood.

However, recent test results from a private well farther away at Third 
Street and Hillside Avenue showed significant levels of contamination, 
prompting state officials to expand the investigation into off-site 
pollution.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_cwyle27.a1670.html


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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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