2009 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:41 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Funding for San Gabriel Valley (CA)
 
Perchlorate cleanup gets boost with sweeping wilderness bill

By Rebecca Kimitch
Whittier Daily News (CA)
March 25, 2009

Clean water and wilderness advocates are celebrating congressional approval Wednesday of a massive natural resources bill that provides a $50 million boost to local efforts to rid groundwater of dangerous contaminants.

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The Water Quality Authority will use the $50 million increase in federal funds to help remove perchlorate - a chemical in rocket fuel and fireworks - from the aquifer that lies below the San Gabriel Valley and provides drinking water to the area.

The legislation is the first step of a two-step process to get the federal funds. It allows federal funding to be used for the cleanup; lawmakers must still actually budget the funds annually.

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The federal government has already contributed approximately $79 million to the cleanup effort, estimated to cost $1 billion to complete. Additional funds have come from the state and from the parties responsible for the contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11997027

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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