CLIPBOARD : Hazardous Spills Review
The number of spills the county’s Hazardous Materials Team responded to in 1990 was nearly the same as in 1989, increasing only 1%. Anaheim, Orange and Santa Ana were the sites of the most incidents; all three also recorded increases from 1989. La Palma and Fountain Valley managed to escape calling out the HAZMAT team. Here’s how the cities compared in 1989 and 1990:
City 1989 1990 Anaheim 37 45 Brea 12 6 Buena Park 2 12 Costa Mesa 7 8 Cypress 1 5 Dana Point 4 1 Fountain Valley 3 0 Fullerton 7 4 Garden Grove 21 5 Huntington Beach 23 16 Irvine 22 17 Laguna Beach 2 2 Laguna Niguel 0 7 La Habra 11 2 La Palma 0 0 Los Alamitos 4 6 Mission Viejo 2 9 Newport Beach 4 10 Orange 26 36 Placentia 11 1 San Clemente 1 2 San Juan Capistrano 2 2 Santa Ana 26 35 Seal Beach 1 1 Stanton 3 5 Tustin 3 10 Villa Park 2 0 Westminster 5 10 Yorba Linda 8 4 Unincorporated areas 25 16 In the ocean 1 2 TOTAL 276 279
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, environmental health division.
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