[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: San Gabriel Valley legislation

[Lenny Siegel]

Dreier reintroduces legislation for perchlorate cleanup

Pasadena Star News (CA)
January 6, 2009

Congressman David Dreier, R-San Dimas, kicked off the 111th Congress 
today by reintroducing legislation to provide funds for ongoing 
perchlorate clean-up in San Gabriel Valley groundwater.

The measure would increase by $61.2 million federal funds in the San 
Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund, which is used throughout the region for 
cleanup of perchlorate, a chemical in rocket fuel and fireworks. Under 
the bill, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority would receive 
$50 million and the Central Basin Municipal Water District would receive 
$11.2 million.

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For years, the aerospace and defense sectors freely dumped perchlorate, 
before its dangers were known. The San Gabriel Valley has been declared 
a Superfund site, in part because of perchlorate contamination in 
groundwater resources.

Cleanup of perchlorate in the area has been estimated at $1 billion, 
according to Dreier. So far, the federal government has provided 
approximately $85 million for the cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_11389104

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Lenny Siegel
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