BUILDER, STATE IN CLEANUP ACCORD PACT INDEMNIFIES CITY FROM LIABILITY.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA - The agreement between Santa Clarita LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to clean up the site of the defunct Bermite munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. factory could protect the city of Santa Clarita from being held liable for the polluted land. City officials said they were pleased that a formal agreement had been reached between Santa Clarita LLC, the developer, and the state DTSC DTSC Department of Toxic Substances Control DTSC DARCOM Technical Steering Committee , City Attorney Carl Newton said. DTSC officials and Santa Clarita LLC have been working to clean up the 1,000-acre site in the heart of the city for several months. The agreement formalizes the work that is to be done and the time line. ``It shows that we're going to be here for the long haul,'' said Alan Berg, the site manager. City officials had said they had been concerned that the city could be on the hook Adj. 1. on the hook - caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook" dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous for the multimillion-dollar cleanup effort, if Santa Clarita LLC - owned by Phoenix-based Remediation Financial Inc. - were to go bankrupt. The City Council has approved plans to build 2,911 homes on the property, just off Soledad Canyon Road. In the coming months, the council will decide whether to allow Santa Clarita LLC to build on each section of the property as it is cleaned up. The City Council agreed almost a year ago to consider allowing phased development in return for land used for the Metrolink station. But some critics of the proposed development are concerned that chemicals that will remain on the site even after cleanup could harm residents. The site is littered with 271 chemicals, unexploded ordnance and acres of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. soil and water. It is expected to take the better part of a decade to clean up the leftover debris from decades of munitions testing and manufacturing. It was unclear Friday what effect the agreement between the developer and DTSC would have on the lawsuit the Castaic Lake Water Agency filed against Santa Clarita LLC in an effort to speed the cleanup of perchlorate perchlorate: see chlorate. that has seeped into the Saugus Aquifer and shut down four municipal wells. Perchlorate, a byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of rocket fuel, has been linked to thyroid problems. Mary Lou Cotton, assistant to CLWA's general manager, said the agency would review the agreement. |
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