Local News in Brief : Pact on Toxic Landfill Reached With EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with a West Covina landfill to examine the extent of toxic contamination at the 580-acre dump, a preliminary step toward a full cleanup.
Under the agreement, BKK Landfill Corp. is to determine the amount of air, soil and water pollution stemming from a variety of hazardous wastes that were dumped at the site from 1972 through 1984, when the landfill stopped accepting toxic materials.
BKK last month finished closing off the 140-acre area where hazardous materials were dumped, spending at least $12.5 million to cover the area with a 5-foot layer of clay and install systems to extract potentially toxic liquids that could leach out from the wastes.
The entire landfill is slated to close by 1995.
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