October 20, 1980
October 20, 1980 Photo ID: 295
Eight 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 until 1982
Upper Left: Del Amo Site Being Redeveloped by Cadillac Fairview No Testing
Lower Middle: Paper Recycler currently Prologis Trucking
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 4: Prologis/Former Paper Recycling Plant
- Located directly south (adjacent) to Farmer Bros/Bridge Development truck warehouse
- Former paper recycling plant, now overnight trailer truck parking lot
- Soil disturbance on site resulting in Notice to Comply (NTC)
- Is this the best community beneficial use of this site?
June 22, 1981
June 22, 1981 Photo ID: 315, 317
The Investigation
Welcome to our Neighborhood, Meet our Neighbors
Right: Paper Recycler/Prologis adjacent to railroad spur where
White Material has been visible in Aerial Photos prior to 1980)
Left: Montrose Chemical Site about one year prior to being asphalted over
PRIOR TO TESTING
Jones Chemical is a Chlorine Transfer Station next to the Boys & Girls Club
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 (Redeveloped)
- 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 (Visible)
- 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
- Air Pollution; 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 3: Farmers Brothers/Bridge Development
- Farmers Brothers operated on the property from 1920-2016
- Developer to build warehouse with over 120 truck bays with no community input (by right use)
- Building debris, cement dust and noise impacted residential neighborhood and children at the Cheryl Green Boys and Girls Club during demolition of a very old facility adjacent to the Montrose site
- Community has not benefitted from this development
January 13th, 1989
January 13, 1989 Photo ID: 1604
Nine Years Later
Upper Right: McDonnell Douglas, Capital Metals and International Light Metals Middle: Montrose Chemical Site is completely asphalted over PRIOR TO TESTING
Jones Chemical is left unpaved on the original Montrose Footprint
Upper Left: Del Amo Site Redeveloped by Cadillac Fairview No Testing
Lower Middle/Right: ECI Stormwater Pathway undeveloped (no fences between homes and industrial areas. Where the water flowed is where the contamination came to rest.
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 (Redeveloped)
- 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 (Visible)
- 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 6: Ecology Controls Industry
- Montrose Superfund Site Operable Unit 6: Historical Stormwater Pathway
- Previous Uses: Chemical storage facility, Non permitted hazardous waste hauler (20 yrs)
- 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
Site 8: Del Amo Alley – Adjacent to Del Amo Waste Pits
- Small capacity alley behind homes on 204th Street, not intended for extreme big rig truck traffic
- Contamination uncategorized: DDT aerial dispersion, soil staining (nothing will grow), old railroad route
- Trucks are using area for parking, creating diesel emissions increasing area air pollution and asthma