Factory Told to Halt Discharges Into Harbor
Water quality officials have ordered a Terminal Island metal-shredding plant to stop sending metal dust and debris into Los Angeles Harbor, saying the waste is contaminated with toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
Officials with the State Regional Water Quality Control Board ordered Hugo Neu-Proler Co. to halt the discharges by Dec. 15. They attribute the pollution to the shredding of old cars, appliances or other products containing the substances, which were banned in the 1970s.
Company officials pledge they will try to comply with the order, but contend that an agency study was flawed when it supported the conclusion that dust and debris from the plant carry PCBs.
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