U.S. Issues Warnings on Landfill Dumping
The federal government said it has notified about 950 entities, including the Port of Los Angeles and the City of Pasadena, that they could be liable for dumping waste at Monterey Park landfill, now listed as an EPA Superfund site.
The entities contributed between 4,500 and 110,000 gallons of waste to the Operating Industries Inc. landfill site, said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman Lois Grunwald.
Each will be offered the opportunity to join a settlement resolving their liability for cleanup costs, she said.
EPA attorney Arthur Haubenstock said each of the 950 entities could be liable for amounts from $10,000 to several hundred thousand dollars for the dumping, which occurred between the 1970s and 1984. Letters went out to dozen of Southland companies and even the Pasadena Unified School District.
The landfill accepted waste from 1948 to 1984. In 1986, it was placed on the EPA’s Superfund list of hazardous waste sites believed to pose the greatest long-term threat to public health.
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