ORDNANCE CLEANUP TO START SOON.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer VALENCIA -- Clearance of unexploded ordnance "UXO" redirects here. For the cancelled video game, see . Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs, sometimes acronymized as UO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc. soon will start on the Whittaker-Bermite property, as cleanup of the former weapons manufacturing site continues to ready it for eventual development. ``I expect we'll find an odd item here and there, but I don't believe we'll find a large quantity'' of ordnance, said John Naginis, a geologist with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control. Naginis was speaking Tuesday at a community meeting to provide an update on cleanup of the 996-acre Whittaker-Bermite site, which is located in the center of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, . Officials think only 20 acres to 30 acres of the property could hold unexploded ordnance, but if they find indications the problem is more widespread, they'll expand their clearance sweep. The ordnance clearing will begin soon after Jan.1, Naginis said. City Councilman Frank Ferry urged the private companies involved in the ordnance cleanup to take an exhaustive approach to the problem. ``Be liberal, I really want people to have a comfort level,'' he said. Meanwhile, the cleanup project's main focus of eliminating perchlorate perchlorate: see chlorate. and volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids continues on the site. Officials see perchlorate, a rocket fuel component, as a threat to groundwater supplies. Whittaker-Bermite and the state DTSC DTSC Department of Toxic Substances Control DTSC DARCOM Technical Steering Committee have been working together on a plan for removing perchlorate from groundwater on the site itself. To remove perchlorate that has migrated from the site, the Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² Water Agency next year will choose a company to build pipelines and a treatment facility for a $10million project to clean water from two wells. At a regular multiagency meeting on Whittaker-Bermite, developer SunCal Companies and Cherokee Investment Services Inc. on Tuesday provided a joint update on site remediation for the first time since development of the project was awarded to the companies from another company that went bankrupt BANKRUPT. A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy; in such case he may be declared a bankrupt. 2. It is proper to notice that there is much difference between a bankrupt and an insolvent. . ``We're pleased to see them here,'' Councilman Bob Kellar said. alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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