EPA is urged to help clean up LA battery plant contamination
February 24, 2023
Members of Congress asked the federal government to help clean up toxic lead contamination from a former battery recycling plant outside Los Angeles.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla joined Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia in appealing Thursday to the Environmental Protection Agency for help with the former Exide Technologies plant cleanup, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The plant in Vernon is the source of the largest and most costly cleanup in California history. The letter by the three Democrats said EPA should designate the plant a Superfund site to get the necessary funds to cleanup lead from as many as 10,000 properties.
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