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February 04, 2009
Railroads Pay Costs to Secure Arvin,CA Potable Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Union Pacific Railroad Company and BNSF Railway Company agreed to pay a $985,000 to cleanup the Brown & Bryant Superfund site in Arvin, CA, and relocate the drinking well, Arvin City Well No. 1.
"This action is a safeguard to ensure that the people who rely on Arvin's water system will continue to receive clean, safe drinking water," said Keith Takata, the Superfund Division director for the EPA's Pacific Southwest region. "The current well is not a problem right now, but the new well will be in a better, more protective location."
The EPA is now working with the Arvin Community Services District to determine a location for placement of the new city well.
The precautionary moving of the well, stems from the original contamination caused by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and BNSF Railway Company because they leased land that they owned to the Brown & Bryant Inc., which operated an agricultural chemicals facility at the site.
The Shell Oil Company, which actually was responsible for the leaking of hazardous substances, contaminating soil and groundwater, is part of an independent settlement, which is under review by the Supreme Court who is to review it February 24th, as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at February 4, 2009 02:42 PM
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