Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Air Quality

Gov. Brown Directs $176.6 Million to Expedite Cleanup in Communities around Exide

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 4 Comments
According to a press release, California Governor Jerry Brown just signed legislation directing $176.6 million “to expedite and expand [lead] testing and cleanup of residential properties, schools, daycare centers and parks around the former Exide Technologies facility in Vernon, California.” The legislation came in the form of A.B. 118, by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) […]

Gov. Jerry Brown Asks Legislature for $176.6 Million to Expedite Lead Cleanup around Exide Plant

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 2 Comments
The office of Governor Jerry Brown sent out a press release earlier today announcing his intention to “pursue an additional appropriation” of $176.6 million for lead testing and clean-up in the 1.7-mile radius around Exide Technologies’ now-shuttered lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon (seen above). The major allotment of funds — to be comprised, in […]

Exide: Can’t Put Together Proper Closure Plan but Absolves Itself of Blame for Massive Public Health Disaster

By Sahra Sulaiman | | No Comments
“I want you to take a good look at me,” the fragile-looking young man with a curved spine, hunched shoulders, and gangly arms addressed members of the Exide Community Advisory Committee (CAC), representatives of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and Department of Public Health (DPH), and […]

Testing Around Exide Plant Continues, Community Voices Frustration over Lack of Clarity in Results

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“I still don’t have a clear picture of what the results [of the lead testing in the Expanded Assessment Areas] are,” said a representative of Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. We were now nearly two hours into a community workshop explicitly intended to brief residents on the extent to which lead emissions from Exide Technologies’ secondary smelting operations […]

Victory in Our Time: Exide Plant to Close for Good, First Phase of Clean-Up of Site to Begin Immediately

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 6 Comments
As news began to trickle out Wednesday night that, under an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, embattled lead-acid battery recycler Exide Technologies will be forced to permanently shutter its Vernon plant, hope seemed to have finally been restored to those who have spent years clamoring for environmental justice. In the 15 years since Exide took […]

DTSC Issues Eight Violations Against Exide after Inspection of Shuttered Facilities

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 2 Comments
A press release sent out by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) this morning states that the DTSC has issued eight violations of state hazardous waste laws against embattled Vernon lead-acid battery recycler Exide for violations discovered during recent facility inspections it conducted with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The violations are of concern. […]
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