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MTBE cleanup starts now, San Juan says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1264872783
The city said it has detected the additive MtBE in "all of its wells," constituting an emergency condition. The report says an emergency condition exists if the city must act to "safeguard life, health or property."
The city has been in talks with Chevron for about two years to decide on the cleanup of MtBE from city groundwater. Chevron has proposed a solution that would require the company to access city land, but the city has refused access over disagreements about how the cleanup should proceed.
MtBE spilled into city soil years ago from two Chevron gas stations. The additive was discovered two years ago in city groundwater.
The city's groundwater-recovery plant has been hobbled by the council's decision not to pump water from wells that contain MtBE.
The city has been supplementing its water supply by purchasing water from the Metropolitan Water District.... Mayor Lon Uso said, "Chevron has not stepped up and been responsible."
Chevron spokesman Sean Comey said the groundwater is safe to drink.
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