Focus On
Better Clean-Up Plan for Contaminated Soils in Carpinteria
Channelkeeper has been tracking the development of a plan for the clean-up of
soils contaminated with toxic heavy metals, DDT and other pesticides at Venoco's
Carpinteria Oil and Gas Processing Facility. After submitting extensive written
comments and testifying before the Regional Water Quality Control Board, we
succeeded in convincing the Board to reject a shoddy clean-up plan put forward
by Venoco and Chevron (the former property owner) that would have left
substantial volumes of contaminated soil onsite and instead direct them to come
up with a more stringent clean-up plan.