PITCHESS WELL WILL MONITOR LANDFILL TOXICS SEEPAGE TO BE CHECKED OUT.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer CASTAIC -- A new monitoring well is expected to be installed at Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
The dump requires periodic monitoring of the groundwater to ensure that contamination is not spreading. In 2004, traces of two volatile chemicals were detected in groundwater samples taken from near the landfill, which hasn't been used since 1993. Sheriff's officials said Thursday that heavy rains in 2004 likely caused the water table to rise and pulled up the chemical traces with it. Monitoring done since then has come up clean, said Adrianne Ferree, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. planning official. ``We monitor it to make sure it's not seeping seep intr.v. seeped, seep·ing, seeps 1. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze. 2. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually. n. 1. anything bad into the groundwater,'' she said. A contract to monitor groundwater at the complex ended in the spring. The Sheriff's Department will ask the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. on Tuesday for about $123,300 for the well installation and monitoring services. Operations at the landfill began in the mid-1970s to serve the Pitchess complex. In 1987, Olive View Medical Center also sent trash there for a year. In 1988, air-quality officials Sheriff's officials then decided to stop using the site because it would cost too much money to refurbish it to meet federal regulations. Trash was then sent to Chiquita Canyon Landfill near Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
Although officials aim to officially close the dump, it requires a specially designed cover to meet state regulations. The Sheriff's Department will ask the board to provide funds for that project. The landfill is one of three on the 2,600-acre Pitchess site. Traces of the drug PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) were detected at one landfill at the complex in 1989 during a state-mandated test. An investigation later found that law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in the 1970s had illegally buried PCP there after seizing it in drug lab raids. The drugs are still buried there, but because the PCP sits in solid containers, Ferree said there has not been any other discharge found in the ground. sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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