Update
from the Western Region TOSC and TAB Programs
March 2002
Greetings from the Western Region TOSC/TAB group.
Below is our focus story for this update, a short description of our work with the Del Almo Action Committee. Ken Williamson is the TOSC contact for this community; you can reach him at kenneth.williamson@orst.edu .
Montrose Superfund Site
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| TOSC representatives visited the removal site along Kenwood Ave -- this photo shows the removal of contaminated sediments from beneath a house foundation. |
At the request of EPA Region 9, TOSC is reviewing a soil removal action along Kenwood Avenue, in the neighborhood next to the Montrose Chemical DDT plant. The removal action follows the discovery of high concentrations of DDT in a drainage channel originating near the Montrose facility. The Del Amo Action Committee requested the review through their Congressional Representative, Jane Harman. She asked for a review by members of the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Engineering. Perry McCarty, former Director of the Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center, and Yurom Cohen from UCLA are working with the WRHSRC TOSC program to conduct the review. University faculty have participated in TOSC reviews in the past in both EPA Regions 9 and 10.