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Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp. et al.
Los Angeles, CA: (Jun-21-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed charges against Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp., Frederick Tressel, Ronald Tressel, the Trustees of the Tressel Family Trust, the General Services Administration, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, and US Army Corps of Engineers, over cleanup costs at the San Gabriel Valley Area 2 Superfund Site near Los Angeles.
The lawsuit reached a settlement in which the private company, its owners, and the federal agencies agreed to pay the EPA $1.695 million to resolve the charges. The settlement demonstrated the EPA's commitment to make potentially responsible parties pay their fair share and the EPA resolved to continue to oversee cleanup work at other San Gabriel Valley Superfund sites to protect and restore the San Gabriel Basin as a vital source of drinking water for Southern California. The settlement involved the parties paying $1,515,000 to the US and $180,000 to the state of California for their efforts to direct and oversee clean up of the contamination. This settlement is in addition to eight other settlements resulted in repayment of $14.8 million in EPA and state past costs. The groundwater cleanup, one of the largest in the country, has been a cooperative effort involving the EPA, the state of California, and seven local water agencies. [YOSEMITE EPA: SUPERFUND CLEANUP]
Published on Jun-28-07
The lawsuit reached a settlement in which the private company, its owners, and the federal agencies agreed to pay the EPA $1.695 million to resolve the charges. The settlement demonstrated the EPA's commitment to make potentially responsible parties pay their fair share and the EPA resolved to continue to oversee cleanup work at other San Gabriel Valley Superfund sites to protect and restore the San Gabriel Basin as a vital source of drinking water for Southern California. The settlement involved the parties paying $1,515,000 to the US and $180,000 to the state of California for their efforts to direct and oversee clean up of the contamination. This settlement is in addition to eight other settlements resulted in repayment of $14.8 million in EPA and state past costs. The groundwater cleanup, one of the largest in the country, has been a cooperative effort involving the EPA, the state of California, and seven local water agencies. [YOSEMITE EPA: SUPERFUND CLEANUP]
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