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July 02, 2009
Sacramento to Sue Over Industrial Water Contamination
Yesterday, Sacramento County,CA filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Boeing Company and the Aerojet-General Corp. concerning years of ground water contamination which encompasses much of eastern Sacramento County. McDonnel-Douglas, has since been purchased by Boeing.
Herb Niederberger, division chief of the Sacramento County Department of Water Resources, said that for the past nine years the county was in settlement agreements with the companies, but nothing had be done to replace the water supply or "make us whole."
"After nine years of discussion, Aerojet and Boeing have yet to take responsibility," Niederberger said. "We needed to do something."
With the lawsuit, the county is looking to cover all costs and alleges that "the contamination resulting from defendants' disposal and release of hazardous substances continues to expand, presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment, and threatens to contaminate additional county water supply wells."
Aerojet spokeswoman Linda Cutler said, "in 2003 we reached a landmark water agreement with them that they unilaterally terminated in 2008. "Despite this unilateral action, Aerojet and Boeing have continued to negotiate in good faith to resolve the county's demands."
Blythe Jameson, a Boeing spokeswoman, said the complaint was under review and declined to comment specifically about the lawsuit, but did say the company has been cleaning up the site, as reported by the Sacramento Bee.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at July 2, 2009 02:27 PM
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