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CITY OF BURBANK

Judicial · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 52245

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Penalty
$2.11M
Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
09-1991-0016
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-442
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (21)

Summary

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SUPERFUND SITE, AREA 1 IS LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND IS ONE OF FOUR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SITE LISTED ON THE NPL DUE TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. REGION 9 ADOPTED A RECORD OF DECISION AND EXPLANATION OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WHICH SELECTED AN INTERIM REMEDY FOR THE BURBANK OPERABLE UNIT PORTION OF THE SITE. THIS INTERIM REMEDY CONSISTS OF PUMPING AND TREATING THE GROUNDWATER TO REMOVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND THEN EITHER REINJECTING THE WATER INTO THE AQUIFER OR BLENDING THE WATER WITH SURFACE WATER TO REDUCE NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS AND THEN SERVING THE BLENDED WATER THROUGH THE CITY OF BURBANK'S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. THE CHOICE BETWEEN REINJECTING AND SERVING THE WATER WILL BE BASED ON THE CITY'S AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER DEMAND.

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