Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER STATUS REPORT ON THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND CARSON DECLARATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE CAROUSEL TRACT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item is on the agenda to provide updates related to the environmental investigation of the Carousel Tract. The remediation project has moved into the implementation phase in coordination with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board).
On August 29, 2016, the City Council held a Town Hall meeting at the Community Center attended by a significant number of neighborhood residents, plus representatives of the Regional Board, Shell and its consultants, and the local utility companies. Based on direction from City Council, staff has developed a new webpage on the City's website for the Carousel Tract and will be presenting it to the City Council as part staff's presentation.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
CONSIDER and DISCUSS.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE such other action the City Council deems appropriate that is consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
History
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles (Regional Board) is the lead agency overseeing the environmental investigation and cleanup of the Carousel Tract. The Regional Board issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R4-2011-0046 (CAO) on March 11, 2011 requiring Shell Oil Products US to investigate and clean up discharges of waste in soil and groundwater at the Carousel Tract site.
Recent Events
Based on comments from residents at the August 29 meeting, Shell agreed to cover a number of unanticipated costs that have arisen since the remediation began, including exterminator services for adjacent properties and the properties under remediation, as well as make additional changes and improvements in traffic management; ...
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