California has pledged $700 million to clean up decades of lead contamination in neighborhoods surrounding the former battery recycling site, but state officials say it isn’t enough.
the federal government to add the heavily polluted former site of Exide Technologies, abandoned through bankruptcy by its owners two years ago, to the National Priorities List to make it eligible for millions of dollars in additional clean-up funds.
“To protect individuals, families and businesses in communities surrounding the former Exide facility, California has invested hundreds of millions of dollars, cleaned up thousands of the most contaminated properties, and taken ambitious steps to safely close the facility,” said Meredith Williams, DTSC’s director.
Williams and Jared Blumfeld, director of the California EPA, said the lengthy process to be added as a Superfund site will not slow the state’s ongoing efforts to clean up the property and the surrounding communities.
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