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DWP Chief seeks delay in Owens Valley dust clean-up

Posted by: Maven on March 16, 2010 at 4:33 am

From the Sierra Wave:

“Sometime in the 90′s, the courts, state regulation and the local Air Pollution Control District forced LADWP to clean up the toxic dust of the Owens Dry Lake, considered the worst pollution source of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Now, with a few more square miles left to clean-up, DWP has hedged on the use of more water to protect Inyo’s air quality.

Monday, at a meeting of the APCD Board in Mammoth, Director Ted Schade pointed to what DWP has done – spent $500 million and clean up some 85% of the lake bed. Now, DWP must by order clean up 3.5 square miles. LA wanted to use high rows of dirt to keep dust down, called Moat and Row, but the State Lands Commission, which owns the lake bed, so no.

LADWP Chief David Freeman stood up to say that he was asking for more than mercy. He wanted understanding. … “

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March 16, 2010 · Filed Under Eastern Sierra

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