[CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM: Water districts vs. former McClellan Air Force Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel]

Federal Appeals Court sides with RLECWD; sends Rio Linda Water case back to Federal Claims Court

by  John Todd
Rio Linda Online (CA)
July 22, 2019 

On Friday July 19 2019, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals sent the Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District and Sacramento Suburban Water District’s case regarding hexavalent chromium contamination from McClellan Air Force Base back to Federal Claims Court, determining that the lower court had misunderstood the case.

It was determined that RLECWD and SSWD’s claims were not based on a violation of the since overturned California EPA water contamination standard, but instead on the actual Cr6 contamination in the aquifer which both districts draw their water supply from.

In tests taken from wells near McClellan AFB from 2001 to 2008, the districts found above normal levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6).

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For the entire article, see
https://www.riolindaonline.com/federal-appeals-court-sides-with-rlecwd-sends-rio-linda-water-case-back-to-federal-claims-court/

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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
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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