[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate testing at NTS, Santa Clarita Valley, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NTS may OK state testing of SCV site
Firm had rejected EPA bid for study

BY JUDY O'ROURKE
Los Angeles Daily News
October 25, 2006

SANTA CLARITA - A defense contractor that for years snubbed attempts by 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to test its property in the 
heart of town for contaminants seems to be cooperating with a state 
regulatory agency.

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems did not respond to another 
request from the EPA about a month ago, an EPA official said, but the 
company is hammering out a voluntary investigation plan with a state 
agency overseeing cleanup of a large polluted site nearby.

Preliminary tests done by the DTSC in 2003 found perchlorate in the soil 
at NTS but water agencies have said the chemicals have not contaminated 
public water sources. Perchlorate is a byproduct of rocket fuel that has 
been linked to thyroid disorders.

"This is an opportunity for NTS to get their site assessed without 
taking the federal route," said Matt Mitguard, project manager for the 
EPA's Superfund. "The EPA still reserves the right to continue our 
involvement more aggressively if NTS does not respond appropriately."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_4550218

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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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