{"id":81,"date":"2018-08-29T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esconeighbors.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2018-08-29T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T21:19:00","slug":"enu-files-letter-on-chatham-waste-site-demands-more-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"ENU Files letter on Chatham Waste Site–Demands more action"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week Escondido Neighbors filed ENU Comment Letter on Chatham Remedy Review August 2018.<\/b><\/a>  The Public Fact sheet is here<\/b><\/a> and the full 5-year Remedy Review Report is here. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The letter raises many issues about the lack of progress of the cleanup, the failure to stop contamination from entering Felicita Creek, and the need to add treatment wells to stop further expansion of the plumes, among other issues.<\/p>\n

If you are interested, please submit comments to DTSC by Sept 6th.  This is a serious issue for our region and one that needs additional action.<\/p>\n

If you are new to this issue, here is some background.<\/b><\/p>\n

\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe
\nDepartment of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has oversight of the remediation
\nof hazardous waste released to the environment by the Chatham Brothers Barrel
\nYard.  As a brief background, members of
\nthe Chatham family owned the property at 2257 Bernardo Ave, Escondido and ran a
\nhazardous waste processing and collection business for decades.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn
\nthe early 1980\u2019s, massive pollution of the site was discovered and the facility
\nwas closed. The Chatham Barrel yard was listed as a state superfund site and emergency
\nsoil removal action was conducted. Additionally, on-site water remediation has
\nbeen on-going for over 20 years.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHowever,
\nin the intervening decades, the groundwater pollution has spread significantly
\nand can now be found under Felicita County Park and many area homes.  Further, the contamination is now entering
\nFelicita Creek in a public area where the public is unwittingly exposed.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn
\nspite of over 30 years of remedial action, much of it passive through the
\nadoption of a passive strategy called \u2018natural attenuation\u2019, the cleanup
\nobjectives have not been met.  It is
\nclear that more proactive measures must be taken.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nEscondido
\nNeighbors United has filed comments on the
\nReview.  The requests include that DTSC:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n1.      <\/span><\/span>Direct additional
\nproactive measures to achieve the remedial objectives;<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n2.      <\/span><\/span>Require additional action
\nto stop unbated discharges into Felicita Creek;<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n3.      <\/span><\/span>Require signs at the creek
\nwarning of the presence of pollution in public areas;<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n4.      <\/span><\/span>Establish and timeline of
\nperformance for meeting the objectives.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

More information about this site can be found
\nhere  DTSC Chatham Barrel Yard Link Envirostor<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week Escondido Neighbors filed ENU Comment Letter on Chatham Remedy Review August 2018.  The Public Fact sheet is here and the full 5-year Remedy Review Report is here.  The letter raises many issues about the lack of progress of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Escondido Neighbors United","author_link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}