[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Rialto (CA) closure plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

SB County submits permit-closure plan for contaminated Rialto site

Josh Dulaney
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
September 8, 2998

RIALTO - The San Bernardino County Mid-Valley Sanitary Landfill 
expansion on 20 acres in the north end of town remains a few years away 
as officials continue to study the extent of perchlorate contamination 
at a former hazardous waste storage and disposal site there.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control is investigating the site at 
2610 N. Alder Ave., once part of the 2,822-acre former Rialto Ammunition 
Back-Up Storage Point operated by the U.S. Army between 1941 and 1945, 
and taken over in 1966 by explosives manufacturer Broco, Inc.

According to the DTSC, before the county - which purchased the property 
in 1994 - moves forward with the expansion, it must meet requirements to 
discontinue a hazardous waste facility interim status permit granted to 
Broco in 1981.

Following a 1987 explosion at a nearby property, Broco moved north of 
the landfill without following protocol required under the permit, 
according to the DTSC.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_13301304

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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