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Environmental

Aug. 14, 2010

Ruling Hinders EPA Superfund Cleanup

A Los Angeles federal judge has dealt a blow to the EPA's efforts seeking cleanup of contaminated groundwater in San Bernardino County after ruling that the agency waited too long to take enforcement action over the pollution.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles federal judge has dealt a blow to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to clean up contaminated groundwater in San Bernardino County, ruling the agency waited too long to take enforcement action over the pollution.

Over decades, drinking water supplies for the cities of Rialto, Colton and Fontana became contaminated with the toxic chemicals per...

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