Wednesday, September 05, 2007

 

News: East Palo Alto hazardous waste plant ordered to close and clean up

East Palo Alto hazardous waste plant ordered to close and clean up -- San Francisco Chronicle, 2007-08-31
The state has ordered an East Palo Alto plant that treats and stores hazardous waste to permanently close.

Romic Environmental Technologies Corp., which runs the plant, also must clean up its 10-acre bayfront site and return it to "productive economic use," according to a statement issued Thursday by the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control.

"(The department) has constantly monitored the facility's operations and ultimately found that it could not be operated safely," said Maureen Gorsen, director of the department.

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