October 30, 1972
Photo ID: 249
Seven Years Later Close Up
Upper Right: McDonnell Douglas, Capital Metals and International Light Metals Middle: Montrose Chemical DDT Now Banned but still being produced for export.
Upper Left: Del Amo Site (lots between plant & community = 7 unlined toxic waste pits)
Visible sites of:
Site A: Montrose Superfund Site
- Groundwater and soil contamination
- Chlorobenzene, pCBSA, DDT
- Vapor Intrusion Indoor Air: TCE, Chloroform, PCE, Carbon Tetrachloride
- Mitigation slow and ineffective
- Boys and Girls Club adjacent
Site B: Del Amo Superfund Site
- Groundwater, soil, indoor and ambient air contamination: Benzene and other petroleum products
- Vapor Intrusion Indoor Air: Benzene, TCE, Chloroform, PCE, Carbon Tetrachloride
- Toxic Waste buried in (7) unlined pits with Vapor Extraction System as remedial remedy (waste left in place must have a remedy review every five years).
Site 1: Jones Chemical
- Site contaminated with numerous dangerous chemicals, solvents, dry cleaning fluids, etc.
- Focused mitigation work required/ EPA and Cal/EPA staff assigned to work on Jones exclusively
- The property owner handles dangerous chemicals including chlorine at risk of an accident
- Boys and Girls Club adjacent
Site 2: Boys and Girls Club
- Site contamination uncategorized: DDT aerial dispersion, transformer stations and Jones Chemical adjacent to property
- Pollution in the air; Benzene, TCE, PCE, Chloroform, Carbon Tetrachloride
- The community’s children deserve better. There are no places for the youth to safely gather. The “Club” must be relocated to a safe location. The cleaned up, greened up ECI property could be perfect.
Site 6: Ecology Controls Industry
- Montrose Superfund Site Operable Unit 6: Historical Stormwater Pathway
- Previous Uses: Chemical storage facility, Non permitted hazardous waste hauler (20 years)
- Requires through site investigation (DDT, Pesticides, VOCs)
- Nightmare for residential community sharing fence line, including property damage
- Future land should benefit the already overburdened and underserved community