The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reached a settlement with four companies involved in the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, California. The nearly $15 million settlement will provide for the construction of a groundwater treatment system to remediate chemicals used in the manufacture of DDT and synthetic rubber over several decades. Once […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently added two Southern California sites to the National Priorities List. The newly-listed sites, located in South Gate, are the Southern Avenue Industrial Area site and the Jervis B. Webb Co. site. In a May 9 press release, EPA Region 9 Administrator Jared Blumenfeld said: These industrial plants are located in the […]