Local News in Brief : Plant Restrictions Sought
The South Coast Air Quality Management District announced Wednesday that it is seeking legislation that would prohibit factories that pose “a potential public health hazard” from locating near schools, hospitals or convalescent homes.
The legislation is necessitated by a Jan. 7 incident in which fumes escaped from a Glendora metal plating plant, causing 100 children at an elementary school in neighboring San Dimas to become ill, said James Lents, the air quality district’s executive officer.
Assemblywoman Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) has expressed interest in sponsoring the bill, Lents said. Waters previously has complained that chlorine gas emissions from a Purex Corp. plant in South Gate poses a potential health risk to students at a nearby elementary school.
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