[CPEO-MEF] Olin completes perchlorate soil cleanup (San Martin, CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Olin Finishes On-Site Cleanup

By Tony Burchyns
Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
August 1, 2006

Morgan Hill - Olin Corporation has completed a multi million-dollar soil 
remediation project at its Tennant Avenue plant one year ahead of schedule.

The news suggests the industrial byproduct perchlorate is no longer 
leaching into South County aquifers.

Despite the promising information, which came by way of an Olin press 
release, officials from the California Water Quality Control Board were 
guarded in their response on Monday.

...

Geologist Tom Mohr of the Santa Clara Valley Water District said 
determining where the existing perchlorate plume has gone remains a 
difficult challenge in the years ahead.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=191018

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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