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Superfund cleanup could mean refunds, water bill cuts for Rialto residents.
City officials are turning over cleanup of contaminated groundwater to the federal government, which means local residents could see surcharges for perchlorates removed from their water bills and reimbursement of charges already paid. Contra Costa Times, California. 3 November 2009.
After millions already spent on perchlorate, Superfund site to spare Rialto millions more.
A 160-acre site in the northern area of the city known for introducing a perchlorate plume into the local ground water supply has been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund National Priorities List. Contra Costa Times, California. 27 September 2009.
EPA endorses monitoring plan for three groundwater plumes.
The Army will continue to monitor three groundwater plumes contaminated with perchlorate and Royal Demolition Explosives, known as RDX, for the next several years under a plan endorsed by the federal Environmental Protection agency. Cape Cod Times, Massachusetts. 18 September 2009.
SB County submits permit-closure plan for contaminated Rialto site.
The San Bernardino County Landfill expansion remains a few years away as officials continue to study the extent of perchlorate contamination at a former hazardous waste storage and disposal site there. San Bernardino County Sun, California. 10 September 2009.
Federal government seeks feedback on perchlorate.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on its re-evaluation of the scientific information on perchlorate in drinking water. Redlands Daily Facts, California. 15 August 2009.
New findings spur EPA to rethink perchlorate regulation.
The debate over perchlorate now moves to the U.S. EPA, which requested public comments this week on possible regulation of perchlorate in drinking water. The agency said it is particularly concerned about the possible impact of perchlorate on the health of very young children. Greenwire. 7 August 2009.
Obama administration set to reverse Bush on perchlorate levels in drinking water.
Under President Bush, the EPA decided not to regulate perchlorate. Now, it looks like the agency is reconsidering that stance. Los Angeles Times, California. 7 August 2009.
Isotopes finger fertilizer’s perchlorate legacy.
Perchlorate-contaminated groundwater could be a widespread legacy of the U.S.’s agricultural past, according to researchers who have pioneered perchlorate forensics. Environmental Science & Technology. 3 August 2009.
Feds oppose funding for Magna water re-use plant.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation opposes a bill that would provide federal funding for Magna Water District's proposed plant to remove perchlorate and arsenic from a well field so the treated water can be re-used as drinking water. Salt Lake Deseret Morning News, Utah. 22 July 2009.
The Pentagon’s war on America: The Office of the Secretary of Defense.
A recent meeting was the latest action in a long-running campaign aimed at influencing environmental standards for perchlorate and implementing major new cleanups and liability costs for the military and its subsidiaries. DC Bureau. 8 July 2009.
Pa. company works to make fireworks greener.
The Zambelli company has been working with its manufacturers in China to make cleaner fireworks, reducing the amount of perchlorate in many conventional fireworks by up to 50 percent. The company has also developed a line of perchlorate-free shells. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 4 July 2009.
DOD, defense contractors lobby to block perchlorate advisory.
Representatives of the Defense Department, the Navy, and aerospace and defense companies have met with Office of Management and Budget officials this month to discuss a pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision on regulating perchlorate in drinking water. Greenwire. 23 June 2009.
Field Lab pollution hazards endure.
Before they learned words like dioxin and perchlorate, mothers let sons and daughters play near streams that trickled down from hills that hid some of the government's biggest secrets. Los Angeles Daily News, California. 22 June 2009.
City looks ahead with property.
Of the 140 acres that make up the former Special Devices, Inc. property, roughly a combined 1.5 acres is contaminated by a substance called potassium perchlorate, the result of manufacturing. Santa Clarita Signal, California. 3 June 2009.
Rialto, water district aim to redirect money.
The city has different plans for about $2.8 million initially granted by the State Water Resources Control Board to study groundwater contaminated with perchlorate. Contra Costa Times, California. 10 May 2009.
Corps cleanup watched closely.
Members of a panel that gathered last week expressed particular concern about the threat to the city's drinking water supply because of high levels of perchlorate, which is used in explosives that were used around American University and Sibley Hospital and near the Delacarlia Reservoir. Washington Times. 6 May 2009.
$2.8M should go to Rialto water treatment, officials say.
The city has different plans for about $2.8 million initially granted by the State Water Resources Control Board to study groundwater contaminated with perchlorate. Contra Costa Times, California. 6 May 2009.
Rocket fuel chemical contaminates 15 brands of formula.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found small doses of perchlorate, a chemical also used in rocket fuel, in 15 brands of infant formula, according to this ABC News article. Washington DC Examiner, District of Columbia. 10 April 2009.
Rocket fuel chemical in baby formula.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control have found perchlorate in baby formula. It's a chemical used in rocket fuel. Environment Report, Michigan. 9 April 2009.
CDC study finds rocket fuel chemical in baby formula.
Perchlorate, a hazardous chemical in rocket fuel, has been found at potentially dangerous levels in powdered infant formula, according to a study quietly published last month by a group of Centers for Disease Control scientists. ProPublica. 4 April 2009.
Perchlorate found in infant formula.
Samples of powdered infant formula contain trace levels of a rocket fuel ingredient, a federal study has found. Perchlorate has been found in the drinking water of at least 35 states and the District of Columbia. Greenwire. 4 April 2009.
Rocket fuel component found in baby formula.
A new study from scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a chemical not mentioned on baby formula labels: perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel that's linked to thyroid disease. USA Today. 3 April 2009.
Outrage growing over perchlorate contamination.
An environmental group is accusing the US government of not doing enough to protect people and the nation’s food from potentially dangerous levels of a rocket fuel ingredient. It’s called perchlorate and it’s a key component in rocket fuel. Milwaukee WISN, Wisconsin. 30 March 2009.
EPA target agrees to soil testing.
One of the five parties the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pursuing in relation to water contamination in Rialto will pay for soil tests on part of a 160-acre site where perchlorate and trichloroethylene are flowing from at least one spot. San Bernardino County Sun, California. 20 March 2009.
City breaks ground on new water treatment plant.
Officials broke ground Tuesday on a water treatment plant that will remove perchlorate and other chemical pollutants from groundwater near NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federal Superfund site. Pasadena Star-News, California. 18 March 2009.
Back to negotiating table as county perchlorate settlement is tabled.
A proposed settlement between San Bernardino County and state water-quality regulators requiring the county to clean up much of the perchlorate contaminating Rialto's drinking water has been put on hold. Contra Costa Times, California. 14 March 2009.
Rocket (Fuel) Man.
A decade ago, Nevada's congressional delegation won a grant from the EPA to fund drinking-water improvements. Richard Bryan, one of Nevada's two Democratic senators at the time, proudly declared that Nevadans had a right "to safe, clean drinking water." Ten years later, Bryan was a lobbyist for manufacturers of perchlorate. Mother Jones. 17 February 2009.
Perchlorate proposals presented.
Two well pumps have been recently installed as part of a treatment system to help alleviate a perchlorate outbreak that was detected five years ago in the town’s public water supply. Westford Eagle, Massachusetts. 12 February 2009.
Jackson to be asked about regulating perchlorate in drinking water.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, has promised to raise the issue of the Environmental Protection Agency's failure to regulate perchlorate at Lisa Jackson's confirmation hearing to head the EPA. ProPublica. 14 January 2009.
EPA decides it can't make up its mind on common Inland contaminant.
In a surprising reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it does not plan to decide what the drinking-water standard should be for perchlorate, a common California contaminant used to produce explosives. Contra Costa Times, California. 9 January 2009.
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