EPA TO CHARGE $11.8 MILLION FOR SITE CLEANUP.Byline: City News Service Lockheed Corp., the city of Burbank and several other parties will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and $11.8 million for past cleanup costs at the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Superfund Site, it was announced today. The agreement also requires Lockheed, the city and the other parties to continue to pump and treat groundwater at a Burbank facility within the site for 18 years, the time it's expected to complete the first stage of groundwater cleanup, said EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. spokeswoman Lois Grunwald. The cost of the cleanup was reduced by $40 million when the parties decided to reuse the water rather than inject it into the aquifer and to reduce the rate of water that is pumped out of the aquifer, she said. The site extends from North Hollywood to Glendale. Millions of gallons of the Valley's groundwater became 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. through the improper disposal of solvents. |
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