Federal Grant Targets Old Lead Smelter Site
An $85,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to launch a project this summer to clean up an abandoned lead smelter site in Tijuana.
The funds from the EPA’s Office of International Affairs will be used for planning and to stabilize some of the 6,000 tons of lead waste at the site, which sits near a residential neighborhood known as Ejido Chipancingo.
Mexico’s federal environmental agency, Semarnat, expects the long-term costs of the cleanup could reach $7 million, said Carlos de la Parra, head of the agency in Baja California.
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