[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, REUSE: Whittaker-Bermite (CA) Soil Cleanup Completed After Over A Decade

[Lenny Siegel]

Whittaker-Bermite Soil Cleanup Completed After Over A Decade

by Devon Miller  
KHTS Radio (Santa Clarita, CA)
July 16, 2019

The 996-acre plot next to the Metrolink station on Soledad Canyon Road in the hills behind the Saugus Swap Meet was used in part for a munitions factory in the first half of the last century, leaving decades worth of contaminants in the soil and groundwater.

“This a significant milestone,” said James Chow, senior planner for the City of Santa Clarita. “There still is some backfilling needed in some areas and the groundwater cleanup could still take some time.”
Cleanup for the groundwater beneath the property could still take 20 or more years to complete, according to City of Santa Clarita officials.

After half a century of explosives testing, the property was deemed unsuitable for general use due to contamination of several substances.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/environment/whittaker-bermite-soil-cleanup-completed-after-over-a-decade-285336

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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