By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LYNWOOD — The city has hired an engineering and environmental consultant for nearly $427,000 to prepare a soil pollution study […]
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Superfund designation for Exide could take time
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Making the Exide Technologies cleanup perimeter part of the national Superfund would take from one to two years […]
Bell Gardens plans affordable housing project
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer BELL GARDENS — The city has announced plans to develop a 4.3-acre lot formerly used for manufacturing and industrial purposes to […]
Lynwood gets state funds to clear property for development
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LYNWOOD — The city has announced it could receive more than $5 million from the state Department of Toxic Substances […]
Area around Exide plant could be Superfund site
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — A perimeter with properties impacted by lead pollution from the Exide Technologies plant may be designated a Superfund […]
Exide cleanup crews worried about potential layoffs
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Fears of cleanup crew layoffs surfaced at the second Exide Technologies Advisory Group meeting as the state vets […]
Cleanup work continues in neighborhoods near Exide plant
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Lead cleaning and dismembering of the third battery recycling building at the Exide Technologies plant is nearly complete […]
Cleanup action near Exide plant picked up in 2021
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Residential cleanups continued at a rate of 80 parcels a month as efforts to eradicate the damage to […]
Exide cleanup crews seek more state protections
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — As the state Department of Toxic Substances Control conducted bids for companies seeking to do soil cleanups in […]
Worker on Exide clean-up project protests his firing
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Pete Reyes’ blunt criticism of his former employers at National Engineering Consulting Group came as a warning to […]