Friday, December 7, 2007

Rialto California seeks Superfund designation for perchlorate

December 5, 2007 - The city of Rialto will ask federal environmental officials to recognize the severity of its perchlorate-contaminated groundwater and to help clean it up.

At its meeting Tuesday night, the Rialto City Council unanimously approved a resolution requesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to add the 160-acre industrial site in northern Rialto where the perchlorate contamination occurred to the EPA's National Priorities List.

The list details sites across the country that "pose risks to human health and the environment," the EPA says.

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