The Del Amo area sits on top of the toxic remains of a World War II industrial complex. We are located in unincorporated Harbor Gateway between the cities of Torrance, West Carson, Gardena, and Harbor City. CalEnvrioScreen, a tool used to estimate the pollution burden in communities, ranked our community focus area in the top 20% of most burdened communities in the state. Our focus area has two federal superfund sites (Del Amo and Montrose); one state designated superfund site, Armco Land Reclamation Site (Royal Blvd.); Jones Chemical, a chlorine transfer station; the Torrance/Mobil refinery; Dow Chemical Plastics Manufacturing Plant; 405 and 110 freeways; several landfills; and has several cancer causing chemicals such as benzene, TCE, DDT and others in the air, soil and groundwater beneath our homes.
